Sleepy headlight mod
Apr 23, 2008 | 07:15 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Sleepy headlight mod
How do some people do the sleepy headlight mod where the headlights dont pop-up all the way? Pics would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
Apr 23, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Apr 23, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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From: Bugs Bunny should'a made a left turn here
i don't think that's a very common mod around here.
Apr 23, 2008 | 11:00 PM
Melting Slicks
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jdmvette
i don't think that's a very common mod around here.
Never heard of it.
Apr 23, 2008 | 11:04 PM
Melting Slicks
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I only see it on nissans and old corollas. cool drifter thing to do I guess.
the lighting on pop ups already suck. aiming them lower is begging to hit a tree.
I guess if you disconnect the motor an manually adjust them. it should work
Apr 23, 2008 | 11:10 PM
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Hmmm, got some pics that a forum member put up a while back, don't remember who but he did a whole writeup on them, looks like an NSX!
Apr 23, 2008 | 11:19 PM
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From: Bugs Bunny should'a made a left turn here
^ interesting vent on the nose.
Apr 23, 2008 | 11:21 PM
Le Mans Master
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^ interesting vent on the nose.
I wonder if it is functional too?
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Apr 24, 2008 | 12:37 AM
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Melting Slicks
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those lights with hids in them would be killer.
Apr 24, 2008 | 01:08 AM
Melting Slicks
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I think it looks pretty good...
I never use my normal headlights anyway, HID foglights all the way!!
Apr 24, 2008 | 01:24 AM
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Apr 24, 2008 | 01:29 AM
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Ya know, I actually like that
Apr 24, 2008 | 01:29 AM
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Apr 24, 2008 | 03:02 AM
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jdmvette
^ interesting vent on the nose.
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damilleniumboy
I wonder if it is functional too?
It looks like an open air filter element behind that vent. If that's the case, it is functional.
Apr 24, 2008 | 03:53 AM
Instructor
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i like the vent alot, anyone know who makes it or has seen another
Apr 24, 2008 | 04:28 AM
Melting Slicks
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I've seen the sleepy eye on RX-7 and Stealths/3000GTs more often, I agree it looks good on the C5. I abandoned the idea because I couldn't afford to have any LESS light coming out of my crappy headlights. With HID that may be a different story, depends on how the pattern looks I guess....
Apr 24, 2008 | 07:13 AM
Melting Slicks
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[QUOTE=CUlookin;1565159088]Hmmm, got some pics that a forum member put up a while back, don't remember who but he did a whole writeup on them, looks like an NSX!
[QUOTE]
Yeah. And I think there was another where the guy used Infiniti headlights with the door not coming all the way up.
look.
Apr 24, 2008 | 08:46 AM
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The air intake is functional. I remember him posting it a year or so back, Did it himself in fiberglass as I recal. Looks like the same one.
Apr 24, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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Unless the HIDs were small projectors mounted high in custom mounts, the beam pattern in the "sleepy" setting would be way too low and almost 1/2 the beam would be lost.
Perhaps RadioFlyer will do this on his next headlight mod
Apr 24, 2008 | 10:12 AM
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I'm diggin that scoop
more than the lights.