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If you do it take some photo,s. I think your idea sounds cool, but execution seems most complicated. C4 outline with those lights !!! Plus no headlight motor/relay/switch/ difficulties... Purist won't agree but I like it. Put it in a kit w/inst how and I'd buy it...
Hi guys i'm Italian,in the 90's FIAT made a new car named Fiat Coupe'. this car used an headlight system that can be planted on a C4 hood with minor modds,i've seen this done,i just wanna share... the destiny of FIAT "intrusion" into american automobile industry was writed.....
Alberto-Italy
Last edited by tunedport85inject; Oct 30, 2014 at 11:38 AM.
Thank you Alberto, the Fiat Coupe (and that C4) is what inspired me to ask the question. I have looked around for a set of the Fiat Coupe headlights, and cant find them or they are really expensive.
Seems like the entire C6 headlight assembly could be had for a reasonable cost, housing, ballasts everything. I just wasnt sure if the would fit. Obviously, the hole opening for the lights would have to change dramatically to fit them in, but since its a ridged setup it seems very do-able.
For the Purists, people do crazy stuff to their cars all the time, I have seen plenty of disgusting body kits and such. New headlights would greatly update the appearance of the C4, and take it out of the "80's" look and make it much more modern.
If i can find a setup, I will try it. And before anyone has a heart attack, my car is a 180k mile, driven under a chain link fence SALVAGE TITLE car, so cutting up the hood is no big deal. Would you rather me be using this car, or have it sent to the scrap heap? ;-)
i personally consider this modd very well balanced .it gives a clean sharp design to the hood,a very sporty look,it eliminates a weak point since the pop up motors and gears are often prone to fail.More you can take advantage from the new projectors design that make useful an HID system.Compared to that pletora of freaky body kit it seems to me the best looking upgrade to the design.
It may look simple, but is not, if one is to retain the aiming mechanisms and have a professional-type place for the ballast, etc. The stock aiming mechanism is plastic so adhesion to the CF is doable with the proper materials. As these are setup, the 'bubble' is only required over one light and it will be minor. Any lower would block the beam due to the lower front edge of the still-stock opening. I think some bubble looks better than a simple flat sheet of clear.
Notice, we'll not use the C6 turn signal lights.
The CF will accent the other black portions of the car and while the pic shown doesn't show it well, in reality the test fit (with sticks) looks AWESOME!
Now, how "expen$ive" for those Fiat lights.
There's a few on fleabay, pricing all over, up to $1300/pr. I find the fiat butt-ugly and wonder about the nose slope, for proper alignment of the beam. I'd love to see a pair installed on a C4, my Italian pal.
Last edited by whalepirot; Oct 31, 2014 at 12:39 AM.
For the Purists, people do crazy stuff to their cars all the time, I have seen plenty of disgusting body kits and such. New headlights would greatly update the appearance of the C4, and take it out of the "80's" look and make it much more modern.
If i can find a setup, I will try it. And before anyone has a heart attack, my car is a 180k mile, driven under a chain link fence SALVAGE TITLE car, so cutting up the hood is no big deal. Would you rather me be using this car, or have it sent to the scrap heap? ;-)
You Don't have to justify your mods to anyone here...It's people like you that make the car hobby interesting and fun!...
So, are these just the projectors from the C6 that you mounted on a CF base? Or, did you shape the base also (cut, etc)?
Hey, fellow Cheeser! For starters, I am not doing this; my fabricator is, with a background of carbon fiber, fiberglass watercraft manufacturing, plus decades in metalwork and mechanical work of all sorts + was once world champ in motocross.
The projectors from a pair of scrap C6 units will go in holes in these CF base units. These were made from hand-made, mirrored molds and have the curves of the hood.
The rub is the plastic assemblies behind the C6 bulb assemblies, which contains the aiming mechanism, plus. The vertical rear piece of that assy is a bit short for the proposed unit. Also yet to be decided is if, and what sort of, base will go under this piece.
First the C6 lens covers were removed. The turn signal makes it too wide to fit into the C4 headlight hole and is not needed anyway.
Would you rather me be using this car, or have it sent to the scrap heap? ;-)
Sounds quite like what I posted in a Nash (AMC) forum five years ago, when some 'purist' freaked that we were fitting a '93 Mustang GT 5.0L into our 1955 Nash Rambler. It gets lots of attention even away from car shows. Despite looking totally stock (but for the dual exhaust) it can kinda roar. SLEEPER
More important: many, many older folks relate their Nash stories and an equal number of young-uns learn there was once more than Fords and Chevys made in the USA.
Real car guys appreciate the creativity AND the survivors.
