Took my DOT headlights and canabalized them with a new set of euro spec (e-code) headlights.
Cut out a projector from old ones and molded it in to new, so instead of one projector and one big-ass halogen, I now have two projectors. I overlayed with carbon fiber, and this week I’m installing Audi LED’s. The LED’s are hooked through a resistor and SPDT relay, so when the headlights come on, the LED’s will dim.
Original:
Now:
Note that not all of the overlay is done yet as I still have to mold the LED strip in. Not all CF that is done is completed, either. This was just a test-fit. Some parts aren’t final sanded, and some aren’t clear coated.
When messing with LED ideas, I was trying to pattern after the new S5/A5 pattern:
On my initial mock-up, I used a cheap LED flexible strip so I could adjust angles easily until I found what I liked. I came up with this:
The above pic was done before final design of the dual projectors was completed. I’ve since added more separation to the projector lenses and filled in holes created befor overlaying with CF.
My p-chop mock up of what I intend to do will look like this:
I know I know. But it was all I had to comeback with. I concede.
Luckily I can say that to many of the cars around here, though.
My headlights come out at the track anyhow. Need the airflow.
The VW/Audi crowd calls it a “Joey Mod”. When I did VW’s, I used the oven a lot. Once married, that is now a no-no. Like living with mom again.
Anyhow, I’d rather use a heat gun. There is a fine line where the black housing melts, and also a fine line easily crossed where the heat turns the clear portion brown.
I’ve done enough that I can now separate without any indication that anything happened. Used to be we’d use the heat gun to bend some of the black lip back in to shape because you always had to bend it to get the halves separated. But now, I’ve learned how to keep any imperfection to areas that can’t be seen.
For the CF and resin, eBay all the way. You can find good deals here and there on scrap.
