headlight mods for NA

rain902 · Postby **rain902** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:26 pm

okay - found these firmly bolted to a friends fiat turbo coupe the other day - quick look suggests that they may fit the na. anyone heard or seen a bolt in kit for these, or do I have to mod and fit em myself?

btw this is his race car and he did say that they were going to be removed soon (hopefully sold to me)

thoughts or alternatives gentlemen? (and ladies)

kula · Postby **kula** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:55 pm

im in the process of making some now.

they will be in issue 44 of auto salon magazine, but i may post up a teaser pic here late next week sometime. ;)

rodent · Postby **rodent** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:33 pm

Can't wait to see it! There's an impossibly long thread on the big forum about fixed lights but nothing seems to be happening there.

jonno.

zhenjie · Postby **zhenjie** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:11 pm

Theres a Flush headlight kit on US Ebay that look similar. Search 'flush headlights' on the big forums to find the big thread.

rodent · Postby **rodent** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:25 pm

zhenjie you have a link to the the eBay item?

Oooh those projector headlights look tempting...

jonno.

zhenjie · Postby **zhenjie** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:14 pm

Looks like the eBay seller no longer sells them. But here is a link to a past auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-Mi ... 1895QQrdZ1

I just caught up with the thread on the big forums. They have contructed the first mould for the sleek headlights and it looks fantastic in carbon fibre!

rain902 · Postby **rain902** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:18 pm

zhenjie wrote:Looks like the eBay seller no longer sells them. But here is a link to a past auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-Mi ... 1895QQrdZ1

I just caught up with the thread on the big forums. They have contructed the first mould for the sleek headlights and it looks fantastic in carbon fibre!

would you be so kind as to post the link to that thread? i'd love to see it...

kula · Postby **kula** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:14 pm

i almost finished my flush mount headlights tonight...
they are working fine..

i still have to mount the acrylic cover tomorrow..
im reasonably happy with them..

zhenjie · Postby **zhenjie** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:26 am

On th same note, AAC over in the states have finally completed their flush headlight unit.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=175912&highlight=flush+headlight

http://www.aacstyle.com for further information.

I'm considering placing an order pretty shortly myself.

rain902 · Postby **rain902** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:36 am

zhenjie wrote:On th same note, AAC over in the states have finally completed their flush headlight unit.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=175912&highlight=flush+headlight

http://www.aacstyle.com for further information.

I'm considering placing an order pretty shortly myself.

so am i - but im having trouble finding hella h9 kits on the hella aust website

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:41 am

For the link challenged!

http://www.advancedautomotiveconcepts.c ... Page.shtml

Jaron · Postby **Jaron** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:40 am

Although the Stock pop up lights look ugly I still think the car looks better with low profile (BSB) ect lights, those flush sitting lights make the car look too much like a bubble at the front.

4sfed5 · Postby **4sfed5** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:23 pm

The BIG problem with the flush headlights is that they have very poor close up illumination of the road due to being so far recessed back in the openeing.
Doing a search on the big forum turned up lots of bad reviews of them.
Search \"euro\" or \"eurocrap\" on the big forum.

rain902 · Postby **rain902** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:30 pm

4sfed5 wrote:The BIG problem with the flush headlights is that they have very poor close up illumination of the road due to being so far recessed back in the openeing.
Doing a search on the big forum turned up lots of bad reviews of them.
Search "euro" or "eurocrap" on the big forum.

i did find this quote from the big forum thread re flush kits "It has been argued rather definitively that the Moss low-pro light output is far better than stock -- a point unanimously agreed on by those owning them -- and better than even the Cibie and E-Code barn door upgrades."

also:

Just for the record it's not the low profile or the flush kits that make bad light output. It's the lights used in a kit. A Hella 90mm in a low profile kit or in a properly designed flush kit is superior to a stock headlight. Just as a Code-e or high output 7" is supiorer to a stcok headlight.

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short range lighting? im not so scared, i am not a huge fan of the pop ups bouncing at speed on rural roads, and neither are the truck drivers coming toward me with their kilowatt plus light bars that seem to think that im high beaming them :shock:

jules · Postby **jules** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:31 pm

Jaron wrote:Although the Stock pop up lights look ugly I still think the car looks better with low profile (BSB) ect lights, those flush sitting lights make the car look too much like a bubble at the front.

UGLY!!!!

I reckon the froggy look is just swell with me!

Jules