Quest4Power Posted June 10, 2002 Report Share Posted June 10, 2002 the bodywork in the front on that car is a little shoddy. doesn't line up very well. otherwise it looks pretty good. don't see a point to air vents in the rear fenders except to create more drag and slow you down. function over form if it doesn't make your car faster, lighter, or handle better, you don't need it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conquest351 Posted June 10, 2002 Report Share Posted June 10, 2002 function over form if it doesn't make your car faster, lighter, or handle better, you don't need it... True dat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 10, 2002 Report Share Posted June 10, 2002 You are kidding? Right? OK I FINALLY HOSTED THE PIC MYSELF TO SHOW EVERYONE SOME SICK IDEAS FOR THEIR QUEST..me i am doing the rear feder design myself (within the next 3 weeks) and i am doing the supra tail lights also...PREPAIR TO DROOOOL! http://images.cardomain.com/installs/205000-205999/205543_178_full.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conquest351 Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 LMAO ;D ....... sorry he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted_Conquest Posted June 12, 2002 Report Share Posted June 12, 2002 hey guys not tryin to argue the point but well...didnt the wide body fenders slow us down a bit (i think i read that in the FaQ area) so if were complaining that if it dont make us faster then y bother well in that case we might as well sell our wide body parts to get flat body..i personally love the lines of the wide body so i wouldnt do it but hey i like the rear fender idea (looks kinda unique) i dont like the lights tho..im redesignin that car on photoshop to make it look better i will post pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conquest351 Posted June 20, 2002 Report Share Posted June 20, 2002 I'm wanting a progress report on this headlight conversion. Anyone done yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidoidol Posted June 20, 2002 Report Share Posted June 20, 2002 actually you guys have some good ideas but check this out, 97-99 honda prelude lights have almost the perfect shape and with minor bodywork should fit with ease not to mention the aftermarket carbon fiber housings, HID conversions and so on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_R Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 has anyone thought how to keep the stock headlight covers down with the pop up motors removed?? i sure would like to get those things out of there. head light alignment and removal is also a small issue to work out. im still thinking a one peice header panel and pop up covers could be the way to go. lots of good ideas on this thread, keep em comming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conquest351 Posted July 12, 2002 Report Share Posted July 12, 2002 Still wondering what's up with this conversion. Not to be a jerk about it or anything but I'm curious and anxious. He he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjf Posted July 13, 2002 Report Share Posted July 13, 2002 After looking at zillions of front headlights as posible replacements I am starting to settle in on 88-91 Honda Civic units. The resons are: 1. they would fit in the space with less body work than any other unit I have seen; 2. They are angled about the same as the SQ front facia between the headlights; 3. They are rectangular in styling, the same as our cars; 4. There is a large number of aftermarket projector units you can get with various colors (black, chrome, blue) etc. 5. The aftermarket units are plastic and lightweight yet include the adjustment mechanisms. Comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidoidol Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 My earlier post: actually you guys have some good ideas but check this out, 97-99 honda prelude lights have almost the perfect shape and with minor bodywork should fit with ease not to mention the aftermarket carbon fiber housings, HID conversions and so on! I personally think that these would fit the profile of the car much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjf Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 I belive that if you look closely at the 97-99 Prelude lights you will see that they are angled too far back side to side. The Prelude has a much pointier front and the lights have to match the angle. They are very nice looking lights and I wish they would work, but when I looked at them up close I felt it would take a lot of body work to get them to fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBSESSIVE_ENT. Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 Wow that was a long thread. Ive heard some good ideas, and I agree with the old school about the pop ups. But I have to let them go, im making my own projector conversion. I went the Mitsu dealer and got a price of 89 bucks for a set of HID fog lights. They are small enough and are rated at 130watts. my set up will have a projector circular (my motif in the car is circles, speakers enclosure ect) and a set of PIAA 180watts. Ill be able to blind a dear at 2 miles LOL. For those that want to try it out here is how im going to do it. 1. make a cardboard template of the area 2. copy that over to balsa wood 3. do the same with the opeing of the lights (circle or what ever) 4. glue the rings to the balsa housing 5. cover the wood with felt or some kind of stretchy matieral (old audio installer trick) 6. fiber glass the matierial 7. sand sand sand 8. prime and paint if my insturctions were too stupid or hard to understand, go to any car audio mag and follow the steps for making speaker encloseures out of fiberglass. I hope it works, Ill send pics when/if I ever get done. Papa O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostedYack Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 Sure. ;D I've seen that mod done on Toyota Supras. I'd prefer that than to changing the Conquest-Starion into a GT3000 and removing the "flip" head lights. Come on, if you grew up in the 80s (instead of born in the 80s) you'd know how much every little boy wanted those "flip up" lights. There are hardly any cars left with this style of headlight (maybe the NSX and a couple others) and you wanna get rid of 'em. I don't get it? :-/ Blue ;D HAHAHA...i know what your saying man...i love flip up lights...they were the hot shiznit back in the day!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostedYack Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 oh and FUZE, WHERE THE F HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!?!! Can't even email a brotha' back eh? lol get in touch with me man...its been a while ya know? peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidoidol Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 You know how the prelude has that angular blocky body line that follows the shape of the headlight up the hood? I plan on transfering something like that onto my 88 IF I decide to get rid of the flip ups, I love them but I also want show trophies to go along with good timeslips!!! Right now I have the sealed beam to H4 conversion with hyper blue PIAA's and police issue strobes, I want the phillips HID conversion but I just cant see spending ~$600 on headlights as a good financial investment right now. Maybe if I in the lottery!! ;D Peace Keith 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtoneil Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 I would pay some cash for these if we ever get it together. Keep us posted please..... John I was thinking that Skyline styled tailights would look sweet also....Food for thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decoy654 Posted July 19, 2002 Report Share Posted July 19, 2002 I've thought about replacing the popups but i havn't seen anything that really suits yet. On tokyo highway battle 2 u can replace the popups on the 180 and it looks really good. Can anyone post a picture of a replacement from the original pop up housing? That 3000gt mod isn't what i'm looking for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest4Power Posted July 21, 2002 Report Share Posted July 21, 2002 the only thing i'm finding so far is the fact that a clear lexan housing isn't looking too good on these cars. on cars like the 180sx and the miata, the cover follows the hood line nicely and blends in. the fact that our covers bend are making more of a challenge in making them look right. i'm still tinkering with mine, but it's becoming a pain to get them to look halfway decent. i may just scrap this idea and go to a "sleepy eyes" popup style look. i've always liked that anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88ESI-R Posted July 21, 2002 Report Share Posted July 21, 2002 I agree with the "sleepy eyes" look. I think that is the only way that it will look good on the car. I would love to buy something like that. Is it possible to adapt the Miata kit to our cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest4Power Posted July 22, 2002 Report Share Posted July 22, 2002 i don't think so, they are quite different as far as the actuators go. i'm going to try to come up with a shortened actuator to push the light up about half way and possibly put in a smaller rectangular light, and also replace my foglights with a low beam headlight to get more light down in front of the car. i'll post pics of progress if i make any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conquest351 Posted July 22, 2002 Report Share Posted July 22, 2002 Again I was thinking about using the lower clear lenses off the 1st gen Eclipse that's the little clear lens that's under the pop up headlight. Â Well anyways, either use it or make a mold of it and put a couple of projector beams behind it and that would be pretty sweet I think. Â Juat a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afRaceR Posted July 26, 2002 Report Share Posted July 26, 2002 Here's a picture of those sleepy eyes headlights on a fiero. http://www.fiero.nl/gallery/Mods/Silhouette1.jpg And here's a typical Fiero headlight setup http://www.fiero.nl/gallery/Cars/980531-001.jpg I'm not real sure how the quest motor works, but the Fiero headlights stop when they hit a bumper. Fiero guys are just lenghtening the arm that its the bumper until they get the heigth they need. Maybe someone could see if this would work on a quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zactek Posted July 31, 2002 Report Share Posted July 31, 2002 I've always had the idea of taking off the metal top part of the headlight, cutting a slot about 3x6 in it, and then welding it to the hood. Then, I would gut out the whole stock motor/headlight thing, install a bracket going from side to side in place of the motor and installing lights on that bracket. You would have easier access to the lights when raising the hood and have a lot of choices for lights. Whatcha guys think? I have sketches but can't figure out how to post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmss33 Posted August 7, 2002 Report Share Posted August 7, 2002 Sure. ;D Come on, if you grew up in the 80s (instead of born in the 80s) you'd know how much every little boy wanted those "flip up" lights. There are hardly any cars left with this style of headlight (maybe the NSX and a couple others) and you wanna get rid of 'em. I don't get it? :-/ Blue ;D Hey I was born in the 80's and I love the pop ups. I mean yea I have thought about it but it makes the car what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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