I’ve been kicking around the idea of swapping out the stock rectangular headlights on my '86 for something a little more aggressive and modern-looking — specifically, round halo headlights. I know it’s not the factory style, but I did some AI mockups just to get a feel for how it’d look, and honestly, I’m kind of digging it.

My question is: how hard would it be to retrofit round halo headlights into a third gen front end? Has anyone attempted it? I know there’d probably be some fab work involved, maybe modifying the headlight buckets or building custom mounts, but I’m wondering if anyone has any tips, pics, or horror stories before I start tearing things apart.

Would love to hear from anyone who’s done something similar or has ideas on how to approach it without totally butchering the front end. Wiring isn’t a problem... I can handle that. I’m more concerned about the fitment and mounting.

Here are a couple of AI renders I made just to visualize the idea (attached below).

Appreciate any advice!

 

pretty sure if you look around those are already made

 

Do they have to be round halo lights?

look here, BMW lights in a third gen camaro:BMW E36 Headlight Conversion

 

That's pretty neat. And, you can buy E36 halo headlights super easy. Like $150 for white only, and an extra $100 if you get stockers and an RGB halo kit (plus tickets for having non white/ambers forward facing).

 

The 2nd one looks awesome

 

I retrofitted LED halos/HID projectors in my 84 years ago. Thought of doing the E36 retrofit, but all the cutting turned me away.