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Apr 23, 2008 | 07:15 PM

vettegator005

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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

vettegator005

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Apr 23, 2008 | 10:38 PM

jdmvette

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i don't think that's a very common mod around here.

Apr 23, 2008 | 11:00 PM

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i don't think that's a very common mod around here.

Never heard of it.

Apr 23, 2008 | 11:04 PM

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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

CUlookin

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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

jdmvette

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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

damilleniumboy

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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

vettegator005

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From: Longmont Colorado

those lights with hids in them would be killer.

Apr 24, 2008 | 01:08 AM

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vettelover84

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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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Jistari

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Ya know, I actually like that

Apr 24, 2008 | 01:29 AM

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GMANS C5

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That does look cool...

Apr 24, 2008 | 03:02 AM

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^ interesting vent on the nose.

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Originally Posted by 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

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mattkilla97whitec5

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i like the vent alot, anyone know who makes it or has seen another

Apr 24, 2008 | 04:28 AM

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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

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ZO6 Lee

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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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jrprich

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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