1st Gen. Headlight Mod (Teaser)
#46
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The Jetta lights to install on a 1st or 2nd is pretty much the same technic.
A bottom bracket needs to be made that uses the stock mounting holes and the top of light can be done with two brackets and you must drill into the large radiator support.It is very hard to discribe this job ,do to alot of playing around with the placement of the new lights.
When I get some time to work on them again I will take pics of the brackets.
............I have been running this set-up for a good time now even thought I have some small little items to finish up on.
....But I must say that they preform better than almost all stock HID's have seen .
A bottom bracket needs to be made that uses the stock mounting holes and the top of light can be done with two brackets and you must drill into the large radiator support.It is very hard to discribe this job ,do to alot of playing around with the placement of the new lights.
When I get some time to work on them again I will take pics of the brackets.
............I have been running this set-up for a good time now even thought I have some small little items to finish up on.
....But I must say that they preform better than almost all stock HID's have seen .
1) How exactly did you fill in the "gaps"? Or are you just leaving it with a gap right now.
2) Do the headlight housings have a built in leveling screw, so once you get them mounted you can adjust the ballasts to get that great cutoff line?
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In addition to that Suneet, I kinda like the stock fog lamps, is there any way to keep them there?
I wish it was easy for us to make our own 'housing' and projector to just fit where the center headlight housing is, I like where our ambers and fog lamps are located stock.
I wish it was easy for us to make our own 'housing' and projector to just fit where the center headlight housing is, I like where our ambers and fog lamps are located stock.
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Since I have an extra set of headlight housings lying around anyway, I think I'll just keep them instead of selling them on eBay so I can work on mounting brackets etc
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Yeah I think I can experiment enough to get those headlights mounted and make a bracket.. I'm more curious about a couple things:
1) How exactly did you fill in the "gaps"? Or are you just leaving it with a gap right now.
2) Do the headlight housings have a built in leveling screw, so once you get them mounted you can adjust the ballasts to get that great cutoff line?
1) How exactly did you fill in the "gaps"? Or are you just leaving it with a gap right now.
2) Do the headlight housings have a built in leveling screw, so once you get them mounted you can adjust the ballasts to get that great cutoff line?
!) I will be installing JP Eyeliners
2) The lights have plenty of adjusting screws
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In addition to that Suneet, I kinda like the stock fog lamps, is there any way to keep them there?
I wish it was easy for us to make our own 'housing' and projector to just fit where the center headlight housing is, I like where our ambers and fog lamps are located stock.
I wish it was easy for us to make our own 'housing' and projector to just fit where the center headlight housing is, I like where our ambers and fog lamps are located stock.
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avalon42 ,your right there is less gap on a 2nd gen.
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Lexkost I have a 1st gen. The headlight is the same on both your car and LOTC's? So based on the picture, the fog is the innermost bottom light?
(If you can label each light since I'm an idiot like that, there seems to be 4 in the picture)
-Alex
(If you can label each light since I'm an idiot like that, there seems to be 4 in the picture)
-Alex
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