interest in abflug style s13 headlights?

[RB25GUY]

Originally Posted by silviaks2nr

They are also about 2x too large and will be poor performing.

yea i thought they were smaller you right

[ellopuppet]

Clicky

What about these? They seem to project a good ways in the supplied video.

[RB25GUY]

Originally Posted by ellopuppet

Clicky

What about these? They seem to project a good ways in the supplied video.

doubt they are DOT approved

[brndck]

Originally Posted by RB25GUY

doubt they are DOT approved

doubt any of us give a fuck (except ixfxi mike), since the whole "aftermarket headlight" thing isn't DOT approved anyways

[silviaks2nr]

You need a functional low/high beam. Those are just flood or spot lights... You will not find a low/high beam replacement that's small and rectangular. My suggestion with the hella or other bixenon or bi-led projector along with a rectangular fog or driving light on the inside still stands.

[RB25GUY]

Originally Posted by brndck

doubt any of us give a fuck (except ixfxi mike), since the whole "aftermarket headlight" thing isn't DOT approved anyways

Honestly in NY around where im from cops would rape you for that...

[spray2020]

Originally Posted by silviaks2nr

You need a functional low/high beam. Those are just flood or spot lights... You will not find a low/high beam replacement that's small and rectangular. My suggestion with the hella or other bixenon or bi-led projector along with a rectangular fog or driving light on the inside still stands.

I think this is the best idea.

However, the housings and covers can just be sold without lights and the customer can choose what they want to put in there.

[ixfxi]

the outcome of this project is doomed

just like the NSX headlight conversion, doomed

[spray2020]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

the outcome of this project is doomed

just like the NSX headlight conversion, doomed

I posted a full size prototype already but its doomed? ok, if you say so haha

Anyhow- regarding silviaks2nr's lighting thought - which actually would give a s13 decent lowbeam light output, I did a quick chop on Streeters 180 to get an idea of how it could look. Of course the two square lights look rad, but why not improve its functionality and still look good.

original photo w/ his abflug light



chopped with a projector on the outside for low/high and a rectangular fog on the inside.

[silviaks2nr]

Jw speaker also makes a 90mm bi-led sealed projector unit. I have no personal experience with it but the light distribution and beam pattern look pretty good from images I saw.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by spray2020

two of these are $130, so 4 total would be $260 plus shipping. That would just be for the lights inside... Anyone have any other options of square type lights to fit?

I posted a full size prototype already but its doomed? ok, if you say so haha

I dont claim to have much knowledge in the lighting industry, so take my comments with a grain of salt. But the minute you started posting links to "driving lights" is when you lost me, 3d printer or not. I actually like the work you did with the 3d printer, though. But, the housing is just a housing, its a box that supports lights. The type of light you choose should have been your primary goal: finding a proper headlight. I highly doubt you will find many high quality solutions, especially given that the common 240 owner has severe budget constraints.

This is an uphill battle. Not impossible, just improbable. I would have more faith if the poster ^ above me said he was building this, I would say that there is a much higher chance of success. But still, end product will have very high costs in addition to other issues that plague headlights of this design.

[spray2020]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

I dont claim to have much knowledge in the lighting industry, so take my comments with a grain of salt. But the minute you started posting links to "driving lights" is when you lost me, 3d printer or not. I actually like the work you did with the 3d printer, though. But, the housing is just a housing, its a box that supports lights. The type of light you choose should have been your primary goal: finding a proper headlight. I highly doubt you will find many high quality solutions, especially given that the common 240 owner has severe budget constraints.

This is an uphill battle. Not impossible, just improbable. I would have more faith if the poster ^ above me said he was building this, I would say that there is a much higher chance of success. But still, end product will have very high costs in addition to other issues that plague headlights of this design.

I agree with you, I am not a lighting specialist in anyway haha. But I decided to give these a try because I knew the #1 reason why people like them (including Jesse Streeter) is for Style points, not for functionality. That is why I was looking at driving lights, as they would give a similar "[_][_]______[_][_]" look.

I dont think the fixed headlight should be used as a base for greater headlight visibility. Just use Raybrigs on the standard pop-ups and they will be better then any of these fixed housings.

Those who would just want the housings and covers alone, I can do that.

[Phlip]

Watching to see if this pans out this time.

[mogli9000]

Originally Posted by 5280VertDET

http://www.1aauto.com/headlight/i/1a...=262440&y=1996

Second this notion pending headlight dimensions.

[brndck]

these were the ones I had seen that I think would best fit the size constraints
http://www.amazon.com/HELLA-H7102050...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.amazon.com/HELLA-H7102040...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

or some like this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131380801708...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

again, this was SIZE CONSTRAINTS only, not lighting output, or "legality", JUST SIZE.

Its been hammered to death, that this is not the best direction to go for lighting output. These kind of headlight housings are for style primarily.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by spray2020

I agree with you, I am not a lighting specialist in anyway haha. But I decided to give these a try because I knew the #1 reason why people like them (including Jesse Streeter) is for Style points, not for functionality. That is why I was looking at driving lights, as they would give a similar "[_][_]______[_][_]" look.

I dont think the fixed headlight should be used as a base for greater headlight visibility. Just use Raybrigs on the standard pop-ups and they will be better then any of these fixed housings.

Those who would just want the housings and covers alone, I can do that.

jesse who? fuck man, dont you idiots catch sarcasm at all.

you're building a custom headlight enclosure so that you can see LESS than stock? for fucks sake. might as well just strap 2 of these fuckers in there and call it a day:


style points. next time i rub one out i am going to shoot for style points.

[spray2020]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

jesse who? fuck man, dont you idiots catch sarcasm at all.

you're building a custom headlight enclosure so that you can see LESS than stock? for fucks sake. might as well just strap 2 of these fuckers in there and call it a day:


style points. next time i rub one out i am going to shoot for style points.

Jesse, Jesse Streeter.

[driftminds13]

Originally Posted by spray2020

I posted a full size prototype already but its doomed? ok, if you say so haha

Anyhow- regarding silviaks2nr's lighting thought - which actually would give a s13 decent lowbeam light output, I did a quick chop on Streeters 180 to get an idea of how it could look. Of course the two square lights look rad, but why not improve its functionality and still look good.

original photo w/ his abflug light



chopped with a projector on the outside for low/high and a rectangular fog on the inside.

I like the direction this is going! Obviously lighting output is put behind fitment, most of us know how horrible the visibility with brick headlights are... As long as they look good, lights fit, and it has somewhat decent lighting I'm in for a pair.

[Matej]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

might as well just strap 2 of these fuckers in there and call it a day:

This would be so Hoonigan.

[CaptainVlad]

Im personally not digging the stuff posted so far, especially the rendering. I like these lights as made by the original designer. Please don't stray far away from that design and make something ugly...

[spray2020]

Originally Posted by CaptainVlad

Im personally not digging the stuff posted so far, especially the rendering. I like these lights as made by the original designer. Please don't stray far away from that design and make something ugly...

based on this, I still think it would be best to let the customer decide what they want to put inside.

[mr.nismo.]

Why's the housing so thick? I'm sure you could thin it up and get more room to put lights that will have a good pattern in there


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[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by spray2020

Jesse, Jesse Streeter.

0 fucks given

If you're going to do this, build it with some lights that fucking work. Otherwise, you might as well shove some decorative LED christmas ornaments in a fish tank and call it a day

[CaptainVlad]

Theres too many people commenting on this that have no intention to buy. If there was a pre buy I would be willing to pay if it was what I wanted on my car. This seems to be common in the s chassis scene today. Everyone has an opinion, a question, and so on...but they have no intention to ever buy stuff. This is why I also absolutely HATE when I have to sell parts. If I had a dollar for every flake, window shopper, and so on, I would be rich.

[JC831]

Willing to buy a set. Followed you on ig. Im ready when they are

[3411]

Has any one looked at newer mdx headlights ?

[spray2020]

I will be test fitting the original housings and my 3d printed housing tomorrow on someones hatch. Will update photos soon.

I have decided that I can always modify my model for other lights, but my main goal is to get some projectors into these housings as they functionally serve a purpose.

If you dont want projectors, thats fine- I can remake the model to fit the bolt pattern of whatever kind of light you want to put in there.

[spray2020]

Did some test fitting of the original abflug housings, and also the 3d printed housing.

I had a fellow enthusiast kindly let me use his car to test fit, as my coupe is kind of messed up on the front. His car is pretty straight from what I can see, so it was a good test.

The original abflug lights didn't really fit that great, they could fit much better - which meant that my 3d printed housing was also off. Not horrible but not the best.

Also decided that I will be ordering some Morimoto mini square projectors to fit inside. I think these should be nice, and I can design some shrouds that enhance the square shape.























The owner of the car did some photoshop ideas, I thought this one looked interesting. Kind of like vw gti type lights inside, or similar.



Morimoto mini bi-xenon square d2s projectors:

[Trinidrift3]

in for updates. spray always delivers

[AscendaShogun]

Bump, its only been a year ._. lol