Non Pop-up Headlights
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Racer
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Non Pop-up Headlights
I've been thinking about getting a pair of stationary headlights from Breathless Performance. Any-one out the got a set on there ride, if so can u let me know what u think...???... 
Thanks
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
See my sig.... pic
had them for 2 yrs now, and i think there great, better light, no gears, and me personally, i definately like the look.
had them for 2 yrs now, and i think there great, better light, no gears, and me personally, i definately like the look.
Last edited by vinnies87; Oct 28, 2006 at 12:03 PM.
Melting Slicks
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I like the look and I especially like the weight reduction. If you are interested in buying a set I am also interested in buying so send me a PM and maybe we can get enough others to jump on board that maybe they would cut us a slightly better deal.
Safety Car
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I thought about that kit for awhile. Then when I was surfing one day I came across a wild headlight conversion. And when the motor is in I need to upgrade the brakes. But after that this conversion is next. It is not a bolt in setup. A total custom job of putting the headlights from a Fiat Coupe in. You need to one off fab all the stuff, but a competent body shop can pull it off. You may ask "why bother with all that work?" Take a look for yourself, it's SWEEEET.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by Ruff Rider
To each his/her own Stubb's, I prefer the look from Breathless. but I can tell you are an enthusiast....Keep it up 
Before I knew about the Breathless kit(and I've known Ernie from BPP for a long time) I thought about how hard it would be to do my own.
Buy a carbon fiber kit from Eastwood to make the headlight buckets, Lexan for the covers and some decent lights.
The hardest part would be correct wiring.
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Racer
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From: Redwood City CA
Originally Posted by Mr Mojo
The Breathless kit is nice, but the pic above shows something with a little more style.
Before I knew about the Breathless kit(and I've known Ernie from BPP for a long time) I thought about how hard it would be to do my own.
Buy a carbon fiber kit from Eastwood to make the headlight buckets, Lexan for the covers and some decent lights.
The hardest part would be correct wiring.
Before I knew about the Breathless kit(and I've known Ernie from BPP for a long time) I thought about how hard it would be to do my own.
Buy a carbon fiber kit from Eastwood to make the headlight buckets, Lexan for the covers and some decent lights.
The hardest part would be correct wiring.
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Racer
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From: Redwood City CA
Originally Posted by vinnies87
See my sig.... pic
had them for 2 yrs now, and i think there great, better light, no gears, and me personally, i definately like the look.
had them for 2 yrs now, and i think there great, better light, no gears, and me personally, i definately like the look.
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Melting Slicks
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Another poster about a year back commented on one of my weight reduction threads with an idea that may interest some of you. He shared with me that a friend of his removed the pop up headlights entirely. He then replaced the lower factory bumper lights with Grand Prix lights in the lower portion of the bumper. He claimed it looked pretty clean and it saved more than 30 lbs of weight. I actually like this idea much more than the Breathless setup but it is certainly not going to be a bolt in setup like the breathless. It is a creative alternative...I just wish I had some photos of it.
Safety Car
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From: Phoenix AZ
Originally Posted by NitrousSam
Another poster about a year back commented on one of my weight reduction threads with an idea that may interest some of you. He shared with me that a friend of his removed the pop up headlights entirely. He then replaced the lower factory bumper lights with Grand Prix lights in the lower portion of the bumper. He claimed it looked pretty clean and it saved more than 30 lbs of weight. I actually like this idea much more than the Breathless setup but it is certainly not going to be a bolt in setup like the breathless. It is a creative alternative...I just wish I had some photos of it.
It's a long process including the Fiat light conversion but I really like making my car just a little different than every other Vette while still being tasteful.
Safety Car
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From: Poop land
The Breathless performance headlight conversion is very expensive. I dunno if the plastic is high quality or not. I'd do it but someone has to convince me that its worth that much first and that I'm not gonna be getting garbage...
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From: Exit 89 GSP,Lakewood,NJ The Land Of Mojo
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by Ruff Rider
I guess I should refrazzze my statement "I like the easy bolt on kit", but then again i don't know yet.... I got 1 out of 1 + feed back about BPP peepers so far... Need to here some more though about any Vibration and such before I move on it....... 101st Air Borne
101st Air BorneTheir C5 kit is a little nicer. I think if the lexan covers weren't so flat, it may look better.
I forget who the other vendor is that makes nonpopups, it may be C5 West I think.
