my custom flush headlights!!!

[miatamike]

made these awhile back when it was sunny out just didn't have a camera to take photos of them but thanks to Xmas i now have a camera. let me know what you guys think.
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[Stealth97]

Looks like it saves a good bit of weight. How's the output? Looks like the lights would get somewhat blocked by the bumper.

[jester911]

That flat nose makes it look like you have been chasing parked cars.

[miatamike]

Looks like it saves a good bit of weight. How's the output? Looks like the lights would get somewhat blocked by the bumper.
Everything is aluminum and the rivets are stainless steel so yes it cut a good 10lb off the front of the car if not more. The output is good and yes the bumper covers a very small amount of the light but the amount it covers does not really affect light output.

Its also nice becase when you have the lights on and you open the hood you have a bunch of light under the hood too. I will take pics once it gets dark out tonight of them on.

[miatamike]

That flat nose makes it look like you have been chasing parked cars.
lol thanks the reason its flat is when the owner before me cut the front opening to make it bigger it made the front more flexible. So from driving the car it flattened it. =[

[nolift]

That would look fitting on GraffitiPanda's (sp?) car.... and that is about it. Sorry, that, looks awful as it sits. Do some finish work on it and it would look good. Cover the rivets with a trim piece, try to get a better fit along the hood and finish the inside of the light housing to cover the wiring and other metal bits and you would have something.

[miatamike]

That would look fitting on GraffitiPanda's (sp?) car.... and that is about it. Sorry, that, looks awful as it sits. Do some finish work on it and it would look good. Cover the rivets with a trim piece, try to get a better fit along the hood and finish the inside of the light housing to cover the wiring and other metal bits and you would have something.

When the car gets painted we have planned to kitty hair and bondo over the rivets and other parts of it to make it look nicer. I would have finished more of the inside but its just too cold out up here 20 and under. lol The fit around the hood i did that way for a reason and its to help air flow into the hood as rotaries need as much cooling as they can get.

[Stealth97]

I prersonally would not bondo over the rivets, it will eventually crack as the steel, stainless steel and plexiglas all expand and contract at different rates. I'd just paint the rivets black, it would be less noticeable.

[miatamike]

I prersonally would not bondo over the rivets, it will eventually crack as the steel, stainless steel and plexiglas all expand and contract at different rates. I'd just paint the rivets black, it would be less noticeable.

very true!!!

[miatasaint]

I like it. I like it alot. It beats having to spend like 600 bucks on the kit from gomiata.

[miatamike]

I like it. I like it alot. It beats having to spend like 600 bucks on the kit from gomiata.
lol Thanks I wanted that kit but the price and the back-order with that kits is what made me not want to spend the money this only coast me about 50 bucks as i had everything but the aluminum and plexy

[miatasaint]

For an at-home project its pretty incredible..i might want you to do my car.:lol:

[miatamike]

lol its easy to do really took me about 5 hours but thats because all i have are hand tools and i had to do everything as i was going along lol. If i come down to GA in spring ill help you out.

[miatasaint]

it look like the lens and the hood arent flush..........is that fixable?

One thing i love is clearing out clutter under the hood. I really would like to clear out my emissions crap but paulding county needs emissions.

[miatamike]

i didnt want it to be flush so that air would go in under the hood to help with cooling. what year is your miata?

[miatasaint]

It is a 1990, and by that reasoning i do understand why it isnt flush.

[Stealth97]

it look like the lens and the hood arent flush..........is that fixable?

One thing i love is clearing out clutter under the hood. I really would like to clear out my emissions crap but paulding county needs emissions.

what year is your car? it is possible to pass an OBDII test with some of the equipment removed as I have found through trickery & trial and error :lol:

[miatamike]

what year is your car? it is possible to pass an OBDII test with some of the equipment removed as I have found through trickery & trial and error :lol:
yes this is very true, when i had my 99 miata i was able to pass to obdII test with out any egr and or evap system. Its all in a mater of know when to take the car in and knowing how to fool your stock ecu, the fact that your car is a 90 means you should be able to remover almost everything and still pass.

[miatasaint]

dude thatd be fvcking awesome if i could actually do that..

[miatamike]

Its easy to do it you dont have EGR on the 90 all you have really is a charcoal canister and a few other small evap systems parts.

[miatasaint]

Yeah that canister is god awful ugly. I should just paint it pink or something. hahahaha anyways we might be gettin a lil off topic here...s'all good though.

[miatamike]

lol it is what it is.

[mustangtomiata]

it look like the lens and the hood arent flush..........is that fixable?

One thing i love is clearing out clutter under the hood. I really would like to clear out my emissions crap but paulding county needs emissions.

You can take all the crap off and still pas easily. I have the bare minimum under the hood of my car and I still breeze through it. I'll take a picture and show you what I mean.

[miatasaint]

Please do because I am quite interested.

[miatamike]

So i redid my lights let me know what you guys think of this???

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[metalman]

What are we judging? Workmanship? Style? Other? :)

My opinion is that square lights dont go that well on a car that features nearly all curved lines. I much prefer round lights. But others will disagree.

[miatamike]

General opinion! =] I do agree but i don't like the big stock round ones i would like to run 4 small round ones but i had theses laying around so yeah. lol