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Question about headlights.

HollowBassman

HollowBassman

Jun 24, 2007
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#1
I need small headlights(preferably about the size of fog lights) for a project truck I'm working on and I'm having trouble finding a suitable donor. Can anyone recommend a vehicle with small headlights?

I thought that it might be easier to ask the think-tank that is TB OT instead of searching thru thousands of random pictures on Autotrader.:)
 
#3
I plan on removing the headlights from my project s-blazer and using the resulting holes for a "ram air" effect.

The original idea was to have the existing headlights flip down into the engine compartment when the ram air effect was desired, but that means the truck will never reach its full potential at night(or I won't be able to see at night).:(

So the new idea is to have small headlights from a donor mounted in the bumper to look like factory fog lights. The only requirement(so far) is that they fit in the bumper.
 
#4
HollowBassman said:
I plan on removing the headlights from my project s-blazer and using the resulting holes for a "ram air" effect.

The original idea was to have the existing headlights flip down into the engine compartment when the ram air effect was desired, but that means the truck will never reach its full potential at night(or I won't be able to see at night).:(

So the new idea is to have small headlights from a donor mounted in the bumper to look like factory fog lights. The only requirement(so far) is that they fit in the bumper.
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Hmmm, well...

I dunno what to suggest, so happy hunting :)
 
#5
Hmm, I work in a Toyota parts department and nothing really comes to mind that is small enough to fit in a bumper. Well, nothing on today's cars where the lamp housings are usually shaped to the contours of the body lines.

I was thinking of the old style sealed beam headlamps like on mid eighties GM vehicles. Take a look at a 84 Cutlass to see what I mean.

I did come across this:
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They seam to have conversion kits for the older cars, although I have no idea on the size.
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Seems to be what you are looking for.
What year is your Blazer?
Will it have a lower spoiler (air dam) on the bumper?
 
#6
It's a 91 s-10 Blazer w/air dam. (But I don't want the lights in the air dam.)

The Cutlass lights would be good, but I think the Hi-beam and Lo-beam lights might be seperate and it would look funny having six lights(counting turn signals) in the bumper.

I'm also thinking that motorcycle headlights might work.

Thanks for the help.:)
 
#7
Try the headlights from a 96 Olds Cutlass supreme coupe.

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#14
ThatGermanDude said:
are you sure that lights will shine far enough being mounted so low? or are you gonna lift the truck extremely?
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The truck might get raised a couple inches when I swap out the IFS for SFA, but I prefer the height it is now. Even at stock height, having the lights in the bumper will be higher that some cars and most lowriders. Still, the idea is not set in stone and I might think of a better idea before I start cutting up the front end.
 
#15
Ericman197 said:
Have you considered an air grabber hood? Personally I think that would be just as cool. That might be easier to do since you can pretty much buy one online (albeit perhaps not for your Blazer).
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I thought of those but I like to make things difficult.:)

I'm kinda going for a 67-69 Camero look for the grill. I'm gonna take a grill from a 80's S-Jimmy and remove the "GMC"(or buy one from LMC), then cut some of the horizontal bars out of another one and glue them into the light bezels. The resulting look will have horizontal bars going from corner to corner and vertical bars dividing the grill into 5 sections.
 

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