ChaosPhoenixFix

I have had enough. I am tired of fighting with my pop up lights. I love the look of the reccessed Eckler's kit, but I cannot find it in me to drop that kinda cash for headlight. So, does anyone else know of some more cost effective alternative?

I was talking to someone who had the Ecklers kit that was just a couple hours away from me last summer, talking about doing a swap for my pop-ups, but I lost his contact info.

mrvette

Check with EVERY vette shop you can contact, buy a used set....common as green grass....I bought my set NEW from Ecklers back in '98 when a damn deer jumped in front of me one night, and took out ALL the aluminum on both sides....at least it didn't come through the WS......

Easy Mike

Couldn't hurt to post a Want To Buy in the Parts for Sale forum.

F4Gary

Put those LeMans style clear plastic covered headlights on it. Those are cool.

oldgto

Have you considered keeping the pop up lights, but going electric?

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...c-new-way.html

509 rat

where did you get the head light kit, and is it hard to install.Your car looks bad ***, I have 69 coupe l88 flared, going with van steel susp or global west and the borgeson steer box with a canton pan, 335 in the back 315 up front on 18s.thanks .

ChaosPhoenixFix

Not really liking those. I want some lights that fit IN the current opening, and I can make look flush. Plus, the door hinge plexi cover looks cheap to me... That and I think that would look kinda jenky on a rubber bumper car.

Once my taxes come in, I most likely will put up a WTB thread.

I am just curious if anyone had an economical alternative.

AirborneSilva

Ya beat me to it To me our pop up lights are part of the look that makes it a corvette. I know that all the road race cars put the non pop up kits on them but personally I don't like the look and mine is just a street cruiser.

F4Gary

I WISH that was my car.

The13Bats

The L-88's are racer cool but I dont care for the bug eyed look they give,
But are a must for that mean restro racer look.

Ecklers ARE very commen all over craigslist etc...you could easy trade pop ups for them,

I do happen to have one pair of the ecklers, not 100% they are the late model ( these came in 3 versions for 68-82 all 3 a little different )

Mine are missing the 4 sealed beam lamps and the metal piece that goes behind them for the adjusters, so you would have to get the metal pieces and lamps in the junkyard.
The two buckets are there with adjusters and the front trim pieces,
I would take 300.00
The13bats@aol.com

509 rat

im still lafffing

TimAT

I've seen a drawing to make the recessed buckets somewhere. All the dimensions and sizes are on the drawing. Might be on another forum someplace.