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Old Aug 29, 2013 | 07:34 AM
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Old Aug 29, 2013 | 09:01 AM
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Nice.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by The Highlander
Those are actually celica headlights
What year celica do they come from? I what to find some in the bone yard and play around with how they mite fit.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by The Highlander
Thats a LOT of body work to make those fit.

The hood is modified.... front bumper.... front quarter....etc..etc...

I'd hate to see the cost on putting those on.

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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 09:17 PM
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That looks pretty awesome actally, is there a kit or that or is it all custom?
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 09:29 PM
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German lights.



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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 04:28 AM
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I'm doing a similiar conversion right now as well with the same year celica headlights (cooler looking ones tho)

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...n-build-4.html

The amount of work to get them to look 100% is grueling and extensive.
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by VETJAZZ
Why not just get a C6?
good question
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by oldschoolvette
good question
Or Radioflyers. The Celica headlights are pretty skinny and that angle takes that away in the picture. I used to own a Celica, the headlights looked kinda weird even on a Celica. From a straight on shot from the front you could probably see how thin the lights are. Its like girls who take the security cam photos to hide everything else
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by JETZ
German lights.

Frank:

I think I just threw up a little..... NOT the way I hoped to start my day.



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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 12:51 PM
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They cover far too much real estate and detract from the C5's originally intended body shape/design, etc. Not for me.
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 01:53 PM
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Don't shoot the messenger Mark, just showing what's out there across the pond.

Not my cup of tea either.


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Frank:

I think I just threw up a little..... NOT the way I hoped to start my day.



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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 02:26 PM
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Don't shoot the messenger Mark, just showing what's out there across the pond.

Not my cup of tea either.
I would never shoot a fellow Canadian....

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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 02:42 PM
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If my choice was those or the frogs the Celica lights would win every time!

I do prefer the stock look though.
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by LoneStarFRC
They cover far too much real estate and detract from the C5's originally intended body shape/design
Exactly right
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Toque
I would never shoot a fellow Canadian....

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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 01:57 AM
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I think they look pretty sweet! IDK that I would do the mod, but possibly...I guess I'm old school in that I like my pop-up lights but those look way better than the other fixed lights.
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 12:06 PM
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my vote...............i don't care for them. i guess i'm just too old school (at age 70, lol), got used to all corvettes having hidden headlights, lol. i'm not much of a fan of the japanese or european styling and was disappointed when the C6 seemed to be trying to mimic that in some way when it was introduced. kind of like those that added fixed lights to the C3 way back, lol. just my opinion, but it screws up the styling and the lines of the car.
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by VETJAZZ
Why not just get a C6?

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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by JETZ
German lights.



What's a guy gotta do to get his hands on a set of those bad boys?
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