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91camaro_rs Member

Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1712 Location: Fox Island, Wa
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:03 pm Post subject: Just an idea |
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ok this is just an idea so im not saying that i am doing this for sure or anything like that, im just seeing if this would be possible i dont care if it would be cool or dumb or anything.
so i want fog lights on my car but i dont want them to show and i dont want to put a z-28 grill on so my idea is to take 2 firebird headlight motors and somehow mount foglights to them and put them like in front of the radiator or something so when i turn them on they flip down low enough to shine under the gfx. would this be possible cause i really wanna do it? _________________
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DBL_TKE Member

Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1505 Location: Aloha, OR
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Flip down under the bumper? say goodbye to any kind of ground clearance you had. Do something similar to these... _________________ Richmond 3.73 posi| 36/24 sway bars | SLP LM2 | Koni's | Ground Control 800/200 | Y2K wheels | Dyno Don headers & Y-pipe | airfoil | BBK underdrive pulleys | Raised strut mounts | Extended ball joints | LCARB'S
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91camaro_rs Member

Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1712 Location: Fox Island, Wa
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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ground clearance shouldnt be a huge issue considering they dont need to go down any further than the air dam does, i was thinkin about puttin them behind the grill like the 1st pic but some of the light is still being blocked _________________
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flea Member

Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1246 Location: Raymond WA
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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what good does a light do if it isn't going to be lower than the air dam? wouldn't it then be behind it or are you talking about in front of the air dam/bumper That would look silly otherwise the GFX would be in front of the light. seems that the light must go in front of the bumper or under it but behind seems pointless. But to answer the question sure it can be done, mount the motors and the lights to a custom mounting bracket and let them suckers flip like crazy.
Eh I'm no doubt missing something _________________ Killing mailboxes since 2009 |
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91camaro_rs Member

Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1712 Location: Fox Island, Wa
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| flea wrote: | what good does a light do if it isn't going to be lower than the air dam? wouldn't it then be behind it or are you talking about in front of the air dam/bumper That would look silly otherwise the GFX would be in front of the light. seems that the light must go in front of the bumper or under it but behind seems pointless. But to answer the question sure it can be done, mount the motors and the lights to a custom mounting bracket and let them suckers flip like crazy.
Eh I'm no doubt missing something |
im talking about having them in front of the air dam, on a bracket so when u turn them on they flip down _________________
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flea Member

Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1246 Location: Raymond WA
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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oh well then again it should work that way, but getting a neat installation might take some sketching _________________ Killing mailboxes since 2009 |
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popballz Member

Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Posts: 533 Location: Tacoma, WA
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Hey....what are fog lights for?
driving in the fog or something?
or just to get more lights on the road? _________________ -Donald
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iansane Member

Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 5742 Location: Bothell
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QwkTrip 11sec Club

Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject: Re: Just an idea |
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| 91camaro_rs wrote: | | i dont care if it would be cool or dumb or anything. |
Well, I figured that when I read about the idea.  |
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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Bah. Just get rid of your foglights. The stockers don't do much anyway.
Sell them to Rodney before he gets snowed in so he can put them on his plow.
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Dewey316 The Lama

Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 7295 Location: Bringing the tech
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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Or if you are going to fab away, use some small H1 lights in the factory turn-signal location, and then figure out a way to get turn-signals.
I would be willing to be the H1 housings from a 350Z, or the projector fog lights from a Mini would fit in behind clear plastic in the factory turn-signal location.
Shoot, that was my idea from a long time ago, I'm just too lazy to do it. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. |
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flea Member

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91camaro_rs Member

Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1712 Location: Fox Island, Wa
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:50 am Post subject: |
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well a few weeks ago it was super foggy and i had to go like 5mph cause i couldnt see at all, so i was thinkin about yellow fog lights so i can see better in the fog, i dont really need anymore light just for regular driving, my new headlights are bright enough as is! haha. and having them flip down would be a cool feature, not really necessary tho _________________
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blue89 Member

Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 3482 Location: Bellingham/Eugene
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| Dewey316 wrote: | Or if you are going to fab away, use some small H1 lights in the factory turn-signal location, and then figure out a way to get turn-signals.
I would be willing to be the H1 housings from a 350Z, or the projector fog lights from a Mini would fit in behind clear plastic in the factory turn-signal location.
Shoot, that was my idea from a long time ago, I'm just too lazy to do it. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. |
Do that and then do city lights as a turn signal? That sounds sweet to me. _________________ E30
86 RS - 7.4L V8 SOLD
89 RS - 3.25L V6 REMOVED
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QwkTrip 11sec Club

Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 3942 Location: Peoria, IL
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| 91camaro_rs wrote: | | well a few weeks ago it was super foggy and i had to go like 5mph cause i couldnt see at all, so i was thinkin about yellow fog lights so i can see better in the fog |
All the fog lights will allow you to do is go 7 mph instead of 5 mph. Fog lights are a joke on most vehicles. You need to turn off your headlights, which factory cars can't. And you need to sit high above the lights so you don't get reflection back in your face. You know how 18 wheelers seem to run at suicidal speeds through fog? They are not suicidal.... they just see a lot better then you. |
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91camaro_rs Member

Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1712 Location: Fox Island, Wa
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:29 am Post subject: |
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[quote="QwkTrip] You need to turn off your headlights, which factory cars can't. And you need to sit high above the lights so you don't get reflection back in your face.[/quote]
hmmm so next foggy day i will turn off my lights take the t-top off and stand and drive
haha alright well i probably wont get fog lights then, i should probably get something more useful for the camaro _________________
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DBL_TKE Member

Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1505 Location: Aloha, OR
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:34 am Post subject: |
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| Dewey316 wrote: | Or if you are going to fab away, use some small H1 lights in the factory turn-signal location, and then figure out a way to get turn-signals.
I would be willing to be the H1 housings from a 350Z, or the projector fog lights from a Mini would fit in behind clear plastic in the factory turn-signal location.
Shoot, that was my idea from a long time ago, I'm just too lazy to do it. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. |
I've had a similar idea cookin up in my head for awhile now  _________________ Richmond 3.73 posi| 36/24 sway bars | SLP LM2 | Koni's | Ground Control 800/200 | Y2K wheels | Dyno Don headers & Y-pipe | airfoil | BBK underdrive pulleys | Raised strut mounts | Extended ball joints | LCARB'S
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Outlaw28 Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| i have an idea...get the clear parking lights with the led yellow bulbs...and drill a hole in the back...and add a 2nd highend led bulb that is clear for fogs lights...and put them on a relay switch...so you can flip between parking lights and fog light...no one would ever know you had another light in there unless they bent down and looked very close |
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rjmcgee The Hammer

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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| QwkTrip wrote: | | You know how 18 wheelers seem to run at suicidal speeds through fog? They are not suicidal.... they just see a lot better then you. |
I just follow the white line, where ever it goes I go at a high rate of speed.
That and I'm alot bigger than the blind 4 wheelers.  |
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