DURTYBIRD

Was crusing down a local street when I saw the following:




Normally, I wouldn't even look twice (perhaps to prevent injury to my retinas)...but then I noticed something:



(sorry for the blurry pic)
Interesting mod. I think this is the first I've seen where the hood/headlamp doors were solid. Diamond in the rough, perhaps?

Enjoy.

paul russell

looks like it has a camaro hood on it .. interesting

megaracerx

do you know whos car this is? i personally dont understand the exitment of those style hear lights...i like stock much better.
also i notice...you not driving a thirdgen....tisk tisk...



edit: just noticed the sidepipes..... ...why would anyone have those?

tamatt27

Camaro hoods won't fit on 'Birds I thought. Wonder if it's anyone on here??
He got primer on his turn signals.

THEGENERAL

i like the way they did the hood but the sidpipes and rattle can primer everywhere including the parkinglights and bumper guards...LMAO...thats where i draw the line...LMAO not to mention the rims ..LMAO

nick418

good project car

Baylisstic12

I'm a fan of the sidepipe idea, I think they look great. As for the headlights.... I'm kinda skeptical, but, to each their own.

paul russell

i didnt think so either but if not they did a good job of filling in the holes

but those sidepipes guess its one way to battle the duel exhaust issue (kidding of course)

Orr89RocZ

iTrader: (20)

how do you do that head light mod? And is it bright enough to see at night? i kinda like it, sorta pro street like. Deffinately needs work tho. LOL

Dingley

iTrader: (1)

i think that looks sweet. i've seen that done before.

THEGENERAL

hmm looks like someone should have stopped at the headlight mod.....LMAO...YUCK

ES87iroc

Good Lord. Thanks, there goes my dinner. BARF!

Some people just don't get the concept of backspacing, let alone tasteful modifications.

FndmntlsOfPimpn

haha definitly but i think the headlight look mean

megaracerx

i think with a nice paintjob and some wheels...oh yea and a sledgehammer for those side pipes it would be sweet.

COPOZL1

Its definately something to get use to. But I think it has potential. Gives the car some more grunt in the looks. Probably a lot of work to get it done right. Besides, it beats those damn flip up lights that always have issues. I swear, they have a mind of their own.

DURTYBIRD

LOL @ some of the replies.

Yeah, I saw the car and was thinking "yuck" until I spotted the reflection of the headlights. I snapped a couple pics for the folks on here that are always talking about doing this mod.

It appears that the headlight door 'lids' were welded/smoothed to the hood - before the hood scoop was 'glassed in there. Just at a glance it looked very well done.

Since I didn't see/talk to the owner, I'm going to hope this is a work in progress.


Lastly, no - I wasn't driving my thirdgen because she is undergoing a LG4 -> TPI transplant. Hopefully she will be back on the streets very soon.

devianb

I wonder how much light that headlight mod gives out?

megaracerx

i've heard its supposed to put out the same amount of light, but i dont know for sure.

THEGENERAL

i like the sleek mod of the headlights i dont know about the rest of the stuff done on that second car that was posted thou the sideskirts are a little much on the back wheels...LMAO

Mcdamit

the first car looks like one hell of a sleeper, hopefully there is a reason for the sidepipes.

The second is a definite puke. Nice headlights though.

JMD83

Both cars in the pics look good with the headlight mod... But both seem to have made a wrong turn afterwards, ESPECIALLY the second one!

Orr89RocZ

iTrader: (20)

so how do you do that headlight mod and does it provide enough light to see and be legal?

2.73's Suck

The second one is ugly but I like those lights a lot, if firebirds looked like that from the factory Id like them as much as camaros.

THEGENERAL

thats what im saying , im not a big firebird fan at all but since ive seen this fab of the headlights like this i am liking them more and more.....

i just never have liked the pop up look of the headlights especially when they are on and up ...it just looks ummm goofy to me...

Incoming

if someone was to make a bolton easy application identical to those lights ide pay like 100-150 dollars labor for the easy bolt on. the fog lights cost like 40 a pair thats 80 so to make brackets, ide pay $300 for some custom fixtures like in the pic.. the picture has some ugly lights ide want something fabbed out another cars setup a little more sleek.

2.73's Suck

Yea all I think about from riding in my friends 85 is how sharp and pointy the lights look from inside the car when theyre up. I dont mind pop-ups my rx7 had them but they were rounded and looked fine when up. Now I know what to do with my uncles 86 T/A with 40k on it when he gives it to me someday

Incoming

forgot pic.. my popups are so ugly... including have u ever stuck yer hand out the window going 80?? there is alot of wind resistance hitting those lights! try sticking a piece of plywood the size of 2 lights out the window.. you will loose your arm and the plywood.. ive been waiting to fab some new lights mine are so fugly i cant standthem... i feel like a truck driver... HONKKKK HONKKKK!! these lights in the picture are still and improvement over the stock... ide wanna throw atleast some tinted lexan instead of the clear and make blackouts that would be tight as hell.

has anyone tried to photoshop some round bmw headlights recessed back past the radiator suppost? like the picture but with 2 sets of round lights.

JMD83

is this a setup like on the late 70's Corvette? There was a conversion to a 4 light system to lose the pop ups...

DURTYBIRD

No, as far as I know these are all custom setups.

wrightz28

Lights look they could be off a mid '90's Pont. G/P GTP or Olds Cutlass Supreme. Always liked the way they looked and I really like they was they look on the second car. But I had to hold a piece of cardboard up to my monitor so I wouldn't see from the a pillars on back.

bnoon

OMG!!! I saw this exact car driving down Grand Ave. in Des Moines, Iowa just a few weeks ago. I about snapped my neck off trying to see if it was a joke or for real... It was actually a really clean custom as far as work goes, but the ideas completed on the sides and rear are, um... out in outer space...

V6camaroman

creative on the headlight idea i guess. the car in the first pic the, red firebird has the same factory paint and stripes as mine. red with the grey on bottom and a black and orange stripe seaperating the red and grey. car looks pretty rust free too.

DURTYBIRD

Well, it is Texas after all...

THEGENERAL

not like being in illinois at all i guess then ....LOL



If you sit quitely on your porch in illinois on an evening such as tonight you can hear all the detroit iron slowly rusting in a quite yet piecefull way as if it is crying you to sleep .......

Orr89RocZ

iTrader: (20)

LMAO hahaha

Thirdgen89GTA

iTrader: (5)

Its true! Finding a car without rust here in IL is like finding a needle in a haystack! The only cars with out rust are ones that are both cared for, and NEVER driven on the roadways.

Hell, my moms 99 Kia has rusted starting in on it! Granted, its only surface rust, and a little bubbling; but rust is rust.

Now my GTA on the other hand. That came from California.

nick418

WTF???

kretos

gotta give credit, its a good work in progress

shawn18jgr

iTrader: (1)

:rockon:

Priceless

1 Beatdown 3rd generation $100.00

Custom Sidepipes $ 200.00

10 cans of primer and custom paint put on with a paint brush $20

Owner of the car probably has a bullet! Priceless

I notice that work is banned here lol so i spelled it wrong hehe

Rabbitt

those headlights look like Grand Prix headlights (pre-97) It looks like the same basic idea