My L-88 headlight project
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Racer
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My L-88 headlight project
This is my official L-88 headlight project thread. I'll try to update my progress as I go along. So far I have made a template from poster board. I fitted that to the headlight area. Then made a thin gauge aluminum template from the poster board template and mocked it up in the headlight housing. I have attached some pictures to show my progress. My next step will be to get some stainless steel or heavy guage aluminum to make the final buckets.
Thanks to lvrpool for the inspiration and Star79 for his template and buckets pictures!
Thanks to lvrpool for the inspiration and Star79 for his template and buckets pictures!
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Racer
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*Update*
Ok, I went to my local sheet metal shop and picked up a sheet of .40 gauge aluminum. I was able to get both buckets out of it with plenty to spare. Below are the pics of my progress. I'm going to drill the bolt holes and cut out the hole for the wires tomorrow.
First pic is of the template on the aluminum
Second pic is of the cut out aluminum
Third pic is of the bucket bent together
First pic is of the template on the aluminum
Second pic is of the cut out aluminum
Third pic is of the bucket bent together
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Racer
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Yeah the .40 aluminum was not that hard to bend at all. Here is one more pic on my progress.
This is the left side with the holes punched out for the back of the headlight to go through,and primered black.
This is the left side with the holes punched out for the back of the headlight to go through,and primered black.
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Racer
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*Finished product*
Ok, here is the finished product. Total cost of project, including aluminum, bolts, key hole saw, metal shears....... $60 (the elbow grease was free). Compared to $300 if purchased from Guldstrand. So I saved $240!!!
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Racer
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Originally Posted by yellowfever73
Care to share the bucket template? The one I have is off.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by Fireslayer26
Ok, here is the finished product. Total cost of project, including aluminum, bolts, key hole saw, metal shears....... $60 (the elbow grease was free). Compared to $300 if purchased from Guldstrand. So I saved $240!!!
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Heres the one I have. I think it's wrong unless they two years are different. I already made them out of cardboard.
Edit maybe not. They seem similar after measuring ym card board ones.
Edit maybe not. They seem similar after measuring ym card board ones.
Last edited by yellowfever73; Sep 23, 2006 at 10:17 PM.
Melting Slicks
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I have holes in my rear tabs that correspond to the original mounting holes (on the header bar) for the pop-up light bracket. For the front I drilled three small holes, it's just screwed to the metal thing up there that the bumper is sort of attached to. Dunno if a Yellow 73 is much different.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by yellowfever73
clown feet don't help much.
FedEx sponsorship is a nice touch.
pull the lights outta your car and test fit everything, then cut/try again till you get it right.
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Racer
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Originally Posted by Star79
See, told ya you could do it. Plus you could probably sell your old (hideous) square headlights and buckets for more than a hundred on eBay.