I have heard people talk about, but never seen a picture of, a modification whereby one removes the two pairs of headlights from a thirdgen Camaro, and replaces it with one-piece headlights from a Chevy pickup truck. The end result is that instead of having two rectangular headlights on each side, you have one large rectangular headlight.
A) Does anyone have a picture of this?
B) What model/year pickup do you get the headlights out of?
C) What's to it? Does it basically bolt right in?
D) Am I the only one that thinks this has the potential to look really good?

 

I think it would look really kewl.

John

 

there is a guy around here that used celebrity eurosport head lights....looks cool if you ask me...plus you can run the 9004 and 9006 blubs...i plan on this mod soon as extra cash comes in


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I can't picture wht the Eurosport lights look like....pics???

 

they are just the same style as the truck headlights

 

yea I remember seeing that car it was in the Readers Rides" section. Don't remember whos tho. It really didn't look that good I thought, I liked the little round headlights better if I was going to do something like that.

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[This message has been edited by jobryan26 (edited October 25, 2001).]

 

you can ask sharp87irocz28@aol.com if he is still making kits or instructions his name is chris

 

(90-up to the new body style) Chevy C1500 or Silverados, and Monte Carlos.

 

How about '87-90 Caprice headlights?

Or maybe from an '87 Cutlass Supreme, or '88 Cutlass Supreme Classic?

 

I like this idea....

So are both our cars and chevy trucks, both use 9004 headlight bulbs for the low beams and high beams??

If this is so, I might give it a try....

 

My friend had a 78 Malibu with a Choo-Choo-Customs Monte SS style nose on it. It had the Celebrity Eurosport headlights in it and looked pretty cool. Apparently, they are the same width as two rectangular headlights (like the Camaros). I'm sure if you get the bracketry along with the lights at the junkyard, it wouldn't be too hard to retrofit.

 

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maybe it's the pic, or maybe it's me, but the head's on view of that black camaro with'em, the lights make it look lower and wider...but i don't like the flamed one at all, the lights kinda look frosted.

 

:hail: Fatal88

I think the flamed one looks better, personally.

 

I second that. I think the frosted lights look nice on fatal's car. That ****** is bad!!

By the way, the caprice and celebrity headlights are almost the same. I used 88-90 caprice headlights in a camaro install, but i also upgraded the wiring harness.

 

Fatal88 is your daddy

 

Thats tight

 

Isn't there a guy, maybe revlimit!?!?, with them on his car. The new truck "projector" lights like pictured on the photoshopped black car. Its in his sig as his car is drifting or something.

 

Yeah Rev's got 'em too.

 

 

i thought revs were aftermarket projectors for some sort of old accord

 

I picked up a set of 86 Monte Carlo LS headlights on ebay, should be getting them next week to do that headlight changeover

 

Keep up posted on your progress- I'm very intrested!

 

Sure thing I'll try and take photos along the way.

 

Me too.

JamesC

 

Possibly a tech-article???

Just my .02

 

those pics i photoshoped

it was i dea i had a while back.. which i'm still going to do to my car.. (lost job.. getting a new one) but when i do it i'm doing it with projector lights..

go ahead and do it i want to see an actual car

EDIT: i'm getting these ASAP

http://www.customautotrim.com/tail-l...amps-88-98.htm

 

OK. Let me understand this. The '87 Monte Carlo Euro Ed. uses the projector style lights. Right? What type of lights do the celebrity eurosport use? And, what year Celebrity are we referring to? Most importantly, what is involved in converting the bracketry? Thanks in advance.

 

Just curious. Is this an appearance mod, or a lighting mod?

 

So what is better to work with, celebirty/ monte ls, or chevy truck lights?

There's a set of celebrity lights on ebay for 20 bucks a piece if anyone is interested

 

I would think the monte carlo LS lights.. The truck lights have too much of an angle it looks like, not sure about the celebirty ones. I think there's one at the shop I can look at.

 

I'd say it's an appearance mod, since I have yet to see any true "projector" lamps with a halfway decent light pattern.

 

correct......87 Monte Carlo lamps!!!! The main reason they look frosted is because they have been on the car since 1988!

 

Personally I don't really like the way the front looks on the Camaro Vs. The Trans-AM/Firebird, but I think the one piece headlight goes a long way in improving their overall looks. I also like the frosted look on the flamed car. That's my $0.02.

 

fatal...do u have any pics/tips that u can post to help us out??

 

Oh well, I just won the auction for the celebrity headlights on ebay. Hopefully they will come in next week. I'll try to take a bunch of pics when I do the install(if the headlights look okay).

There's one more set on ebay for 20 a piece.

 

Still waiting on my Monte Carlo lights to get here

 

DABE... if I have pics, I have no idea where they are. As I mentioned above the headlamp mod was done in 1988 when the car was new.

 

Woohooo got my Monte Carlo LS lights today I just had to get a rough idea of what it would look like so I snapped a pic with the light just resting in the headlight bucket lol (yes I know it's upside down) I'm going to have to get the bulb holders now though, the guy didn't include them should have asked but oh well.

 

You can also use the lights from a 87/88 Cutlass. Same as the 87/88 Montes

 

crazy idea man,i wouldnt mind having that,if i have the time and tha skrilla!

 

Here's a pic of how easy it is to put the celebrity lights in the camaro. Bracket is make of 5/16" flat bar. Took me about an hour and a half to do both sides. Had to cut out the stock headlight buckets, but other than that, it was a piece of cake.

Actually, the bracket in the picture is backwards, but you get the idea.

 

Here's the final product. I have more pics, but it's a no brainer

 

 

Kind of a hack job I'm still waiting on some other parts before installing mine.

 

Hack job?

 

Yeah, ie crappy looking. Single bit of flat steel bent with a couple of bolts to hold in place. I'd rather do a nice install.

 

EVILCARTMAN,

What other parts are you waiting for before you do your install?

I bought an extra headlamp mounting panel for my install so that I wouldn't destroy my factory original panel just for this mod. I found it on EBAY for just under $40. This made my install a bit easier than trying to do it on the car (although this method did require a lot of test fitting since the fascia was off the car during the majority of the install).

Here is the EBAY link I typically use to search for 1991-1992 Camaro stuff on EBAY. This link typically results in at-least one of these headlamp mounting panels:

http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/s...&BasicSearch=&

Also, the company that sells these panels has an "EBAY Store" which can be found at the following link:

http://www.stores.ebay.com/id=8860904

This 'store' is also good for locating older [GM] composite headlamps.

Ken

 

Advertized as a direct bolt in.

http://www.laureneng.com/flash/chevy.../composite.htm

JamesC