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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 12:13 PM
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After searching, I cannot find anyone who sells these style headlights, nor can I find any walk through about making them.

There is one thats dated, but all the links have expired...

Any info on these lights, and where to buy them, make them or have them made?
Anyone have something similar?

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is what I am looking for:
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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 01:04 PM
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Difficult to tell for sure, but those might be L-88 aluminum head light buckets with the clear plexi-glass covers. Covers have been painted on the car in the pic.
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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 03:48 PM
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i have seen the post with that car before i believe he custom made them using Integra headlights molded in
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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Easy Mike
Difficult to tell for sure, but those might be L-88 aluminum head light buckets with the clear plexi-glass covers. Covers have been painted on the car in the pic.
I agree it looks similar to an L88 setup possibly with smaller headlight bulbs and flat instead of bubbled covers to clear the larger bulbs.
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Old Aug 22, 2017 | 01:27 PM
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I just cant recall who, perhaps a search for custom headlights or modded headlights will find it but a couple years back a fellow was doing a mod that would have looked like this when finished, i guess he didnt finish it or the red car is it...

But like i said to my knowledge no one sells a kit like this, limited market for a lot of work to make molds,

People that do swap c3 lights normally use ecklers recessed or l88 fia....sorry
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IF you don't mind doing some body/paint work, you can try my conversion....it's a Ecklers sugar scoop set, with the back 50% of the opening filled in, keeping the same curves to it, and my own mounts with later Camaro bulbs mounted forward about 1/2 way,

see pix below...
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