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Nov 22, 2013 | 06:27 PM

Tevroc98

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Electric Headlight Conversion

Im doing some work on a customers C3 Vette and he wants to covert the headlights over to electric motors.I see that Eklers sells a kit and a company called Retro-Electro sells a kit.They both are about the same money. I was wondering if there are good and bad things about either system. Also if anyone had bad luck with either?? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Nov 22, 2013 | 06:34 PM

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Nov 22, 2013 | 07:20 PM

M A Fry

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G'day Trevor,
Go to the following post in the tech section, it is a much better option and much cheaper as well and works beautifully as well! Ask me how I know. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...c-new-way.html

Mark

Nov 22, 2013 | 07:51 PM

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I'm putting in an ECPB headlight conversion kit, which I think is exactly the same as the one sold by Ecklers. Here's a link to their web site --- http://www.ecpb.biz/07c3_headlights/C3Actuators.html

Nov 23, 2013 | 09:27 AM

John 65

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I'm putting in an ECPB headlight conversion kit, which I think is exactly the same as the one sold by Ecklers. Here's a link to their web site --- http://www.ecpb.biz/07c3_headlights/C3Actuators.html

With all due respect......why?

2 Ford Probe motors and a relay work fantastic. They are quicker, simple, clean looking, and ez to install. Soup to nuts, I think my cost was 100 to 125 tops.

Click on the link M A Fry provided to learn more if interested, for tons of info and several videos of them working.

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Nov 23, 2013 | 10:43 AM

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With all due respect......why?

Some people enjoy their car more because they can get upgrades installed by a dependable shop........
The rest of us enjoy our cars more because we're under the hood almost as much as we're in the driver's seat!

Nov 23, 2013 | 12:05 PM

Tevroc98

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Thanks for all the help. I knew of the Firebird motors and a relay. But I don't have the time to build and trouble shoot an install. I have many other things that need to be done on this car. Plus by the time I get the parts and build mounting brackets plus my shop rate its not worth it. He's aware of the cost of a conversion. I'm just not sure which unit is best.

Nov 23, 2013 | 01:13 PM

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I have some bracket-shipped to you- they are less than one hour of your shop rates...if you have a couple heim joints either a Ford Probe or Miata motors- some nuts and bolts you are there.

There are NO limit switches required- power -ground -a relay and a trigger wire...and just in case you can manually turn the **** (like C2's) to raise the headlight if there's a failure- try that w/ an actuator on the $1k kit!!!

PLUS you don't have to take apart the headlight assembly-or replace your old springs and operator arms with the their operator arm.

Just saying-