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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 10:52 PM
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Headlight conversion

Changed out my stock headlight for composites with h4 bulbs let me know what you think.
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New and OLD side by side
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 11:36 PM
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Looks good...

What is involved in doing this? Just a direct swap or what....
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 11:43 PM
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You have to cut the metel braket in the back to make the hole bigger for the composite light to fit and the h4 plug right into the factory wiring. Not to hard.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 11:59 PM
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what type of bulbs are those (both new and old) ? blue, ultra white, etc.
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 12:05 AM
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old ones where ge stock and the new ones are xenon white h4 bulbs. And the housing was made by eurolite
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 12:15 AM
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nighttime pics?
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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Yeah heres one

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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 01:33 AM
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Originally posted by Scooby
Yeah heres one
:rockon: :rockon: :rockon:
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 07:14 AM
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Car: 83 firebird, 95 tahoe
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I used the same housing conversion but used hid bulbs and hardware from a 02 Infiniti Q45. Looks awesome, just was a pita to get the bulb to work with the new housing.
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 12:54 PM
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All I see is the red X of death. What gives??
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 02:55 PM
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those are great , u should write an article and then send it to me so i can do that , i would do that even though i havent driven my car at night in about two years i would still do that .
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 09:36 PM
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You had to cut the bracket? Ouch.

The Hella capsules were a perfect fit didn't have to do anything like that. The lenses aren't flat like that, but that doesn't really matter to me.

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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 09:54 PM
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Looks nice yes cut the metal was a pita i used a rotozip to do it.
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 12:44 AM
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looks nice.. how much does something like that set you back?
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 10:56 AM
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At the time i order them i was able to get the stuff wholesale so not very much it was around 30.00 for all of it if i where to do it now it would be around 85.00.
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 11:01 AM
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Car: 1987 Pontiac Trans Am GTA, 1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS
Engine: Custom 350, 3.1 V6
Transmission: 700R4, 700R4
I did a similiar conversion on my Camaro. Those look badass man. Especally that night time picture. I don't see why so many people on here don't like the H4 conversion.
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 11:43 AM
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Car: 1988 Trans Am GTA
Engine: 5.7 TPI (Now HSR)
Transmission: 700R4 by Probuilt
Axle/Gears: 3:27 9 Bolt Posi W/ Discs
Im was going to convert my Z over to s but have since decided to go with a set of silverstars instead seeing as how I dont drive much at night.
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 12:59 PM
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holy crap.. i'd do that in a heartbeat if i could get all the stuff for $30! hell... i'd do silverstars in a hearbeat for that price!! (i can't justify shelling out $50 for the sealed-beam silverstars)
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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50? Must be nice to only have to buy 2, I think Im gonna do the lowbeams and then a couple months later do the highbeams because now I have to buy new driving lights since one of mine went south.
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 04:31 PM
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Wow, good looking and not very expensive either. Nice Job
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 11:11 AM
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where did you get the parts? How long did it take?
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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at the time my wholesale carried toucan products so that where i got them from. With the right tools for cutting the metal housing it should take no more then 45 min for both. You can get the kit at most autoparts stores though.
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 02:34 PM
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I bought my conversion used. It also came with the metal backing form an early model Mitsubishi Starion, it did not need any cutting, it just went right in. I did have to drill a small hole for the spring that goes on the metal backing.
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 06:18 PM
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At our local auto store they do not carry the kit. They can't even order it. I have to order lots of things to get parts for my car. It sucks If you see any sights that have it will you forward it please...
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Old Mar 21, 2004 | 12:59 AM
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If you type "h4 headlight conversions" on ebay you will get over a hundred listings.
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Old Mar 21, 2004 | 01:39 AM
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matrixracing.com has some also APC does as well
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