L88 headlight bucket template
11-13-2005, 06:00 PM
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Le Mans Master
Originally Posted by SpeedCoach
very good....what did you use to make the buckets?? thickness...etc
11-22-2005, 09:44 AM
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Why use a template?
Guys you may not realize this but there is a much simpler way than making buckets from scratch and this is how we did it when we raced 'em. Reverse the right side and left side headlight doors; turn them upside down and reinstall with the pivot bushings. Make a simple set of clips to hold the front part of the headlight door up. Now you have all the necessary parts for headlight adjustments available to you with out a lot of work. Sure making up a set of buckets from aluminum may save a few pounds but for a race car I prefered a more solid mounting like the stock pivot and door setup. It holds the headlight alignment better and I never worried about it breaking, cracking or falling off and my headlights pointed in obtuse directions at high speed. The significance of weight savings from an aluminum bucket is minimal vs murphy's law in endurance events and comes from eliminating the actuating mechanisms and the performance gain from reducing the aerodynamic drag which is significant at higher speeds. Make up the lexan covers and your good to go. Mike
11-22-2005, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by prsginc
Guys you may not realize this but there is a much simpler way than making buckets from scratch and this is how we did it when we raced 'em. Reverse the right side and left side headlight doors; turn them upside down and reinstall with the pivot bushings. Make a simple set of clips to hold the front part of the headlight door up. Now you have all the necessary parts for headlight adjustments available to you with out a lot of work. Sure making up a set of buckets from aluminum may save a few pounds but for a race car I prefered a more solid mounting like the stock pivot and door setup. It holds the headlight alignment better and I never worried about it breaking, cracking or falling off and my headlights pointed in obtuse directions at high speed. The significance of weight savings from an aluminum bucket is minimal vs murphy's law in endurance events and comes from eliminating the actuating mechanisms and the performance gain from reducing the aerodynamic drag which is significant at higher speeds. Make up the lexan covers and your good to go. Mike
11-22-2005, 10:26 AM
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My headlight assemblies are out of the car at the moment, so I'll hold one of them upside down in the opening to see how it looks and take a few pics. The body is off the car so I can get some underneath shots as well. A very interesting idea indeed.
Rick B.
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11-22-2005, 04:03 PM
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Why use a template?
This is a passenger side headlight support in what would be its normal installed orientation; the drivers side headlight door is turned upside down and the pivot bushings ( the ones with three bolts per side) would be re-installed to hold rear of the headlight door up and in place. ( I don't have the bushings on the pivots) When you reinstall the headlight support you will see how easy it is to securly mount the front part of the headlight door as there is a metal bracket that runs across the front behind the fiberglass and the bumper. Hope this helps. Mike
11-22-2005, 08:13 PM
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thank you so much for the idea sense i have been thinking about doing the L88 headlight setup and this will make things so much easier and cheaper. now it seems the only thing that i will need are the lexan covers. 
11-22-2005, 09:52 PM
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Hmm? Interesting
This is a passenger side headlight support in what would be its normal installed orientation; the drivers side headlight door is turned upside down and the pivot bushings ( the ones with three bolts per side) would be re-installed to hold rear of the headlight door up and in place. ( I don't have the bushings on the pivots) When you reinstall the headlight support you will see how easy it is to securly mount the front part of the headlight door as there is a metal bracket that runs across the front behind the fiberglass and the bumper. Hope this helps. Mike[/QUOTE]
This is a passenger side headlight support in what would be its normal installed orientation; the drivers side headlight door is turned upside down and the pivot bushings ( the ones with three bolts per side) would be re-installed to hold rear of the headlight door up and in place. ( I don't have the bushings on the pivots) When you reinstall the headlight support you will see how easy it is to securly mount the front part of the headlight door as there is a metal bracket that runs across the front behind the fiberglass and the bumper. Hope this helps. Mike[/QUOTE]
nothing in the box highlights??
11-23-2005, 06:13 AM
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Seriously, the flip the lid type approach is pretty nifty and all but the weight saving is just why most do the fabbed bucket thing, I like the look of the stock headlights but man do they weigh a ton
Oh yea, before anyone goes to a local fab shop with the posted template, take a good look at it, there are errors in it
Oh yea, before anyone goes to a local fab shop with the posted template, take a good look at it, there are errors in it