Tevroc98

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

MrJlr

M A Fry

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

Goin70

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

John 65

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.

doorgunner

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!

Tevroc98

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.

Richard454

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-

Tevroc98

Thank you Richard.I will check with my customer to see if thats the route he wants to go.

Tevroc98

Richard you have a pm