turbite

Hear me out before you laugh...

I want to get rid of the whole popup light mechanism.
That motor and big bar across the front of the engine bay annoys me.

I drive at night about two times a year with the p-car.
So I thought about getting rid of the lights, and using the fogs as driving lights, but I feel this may be a bit unsafe and probably isnt legal.
(not that I'm worried about legality, and not that my current head lights are safe)

What I would love is to have a manual popup mechanism.
That is, if I'm stuck out late and I want to drive it at night, I have to get out, pop the hood, and raise the lights myself.

Wadda ya guys think?

neward

That's an idea, but how do you keep the lights stay up and steady?

Mike Murcia

You can turn the **** on the top of the headlight motor to manually raise the lights, but that would mean you would have to keep all the parts intact.

shortyboy

why dont you just get a gt-racing vented nose panel w/o headlights and a pair of euro driving lights w/100wt bulbs and relays.thats what im currently doing right now.saves alot of weight in the process.there are a few including me that have done this for the street on the forums.

westcoastprshe

Driving with only the lower fogs/driving lights regularly is dangerous for you, and more importantly, for other drivers. If you're going to very very rarely drive at night, I might think about it, but for regular night driving even 100W Euro driving lights are too low to the ground. Aiming them up in order to get good lighting will run the risk of blinding other drivers, and keeping them low will not give you a pattern you need for decent lighting. Do all of the rest of us a favor and don't do that. Just my 2¢

turbite

Yeah, I guess thats the question.

I've considered the no headlights, but Its questionable to begin with.
Plus I'd have to buy the panel, paint it, put the racing stripe on it, put the logo on it, buy the 100w euro bulbs and probably run new wires.
I'm shooting for the halfway solution.

n2deep

Some 944-spec cars that are driven to the track use a 7 inch 2x4 wedged in behind the lights. One driver drove from Las Vegas to San Diego with me without any problems.

photobug

go check out the headlight setup on the 924gts it eliminates the popup lights, but still has headlight capability. GT-racing has the parts to make this, but they seem pretty expensive. maybe someone will have them cheeper eventually

NZ951

Snap! I was just about to say the 924 setup. I think it does not suit our cars though...

Bii

NZ951 you are correct. The 924GTS setup will not work due to the different frontal curvature of the 951.