aftermarket headlight idea! check it out! |
aftermarket headlight idea! check it out! |
Aug 28, 2006 - 9:28 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 29, '03 From north of detroit Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
so, i got to thinking the other day. i'm just as disappointed as everyone else with the aftermarket headlight scene for celicas. everyone has made good points about the cost of production, design, and materials, which are the three biggest barriers to a/m availability. then it hit me. why not do an aftermarket impreza style light? they are nearly the same shape and don't have a fairing, which i think would make them pretty cheap...especially because we'd only need one projector per light, unlike the subie units.
here's an example of some aftermarket subie projectors: and here's a crappy hand-sketched rendition of what i think they could look like on a celica: sorry about the doodle, i'm not so handy with photoshop. anyway, one projector per capsule, and the plastic bezels coulg be left black, wrapped in cf, body-color matched, etc. opinions, suggestions, comments? edit: i forgot to mention that the impreza headlights shown above sell for about $150 a set on ebay. even if each set of high or low beams cost us the same (which isn't likely given the fewer components necessary for our application, see above), we'd still only be looking at $300 for all four! This post has been edited by uberschall: Aug 28, 2006 - 9:36 PM -------------------- do you know who i am, mr. worley? |
Aug 29, 2006 - 5:20 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 9, '04 From Las Vegas USA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
I think alot of them are made in China. I do believe that APC makes quite a few aswell. You do have to think that there alot more Cherokees and Cavaliers out there than Celicas. I mean I can get custom lights for my 4runner cause there are a billion of them on the road, but on all the 4runner groups only like two people have them. I think that the company is just playing to better odds with high production cars. I'm just not sure if we have enough backing to get alot of stuff. But thats another reason I love my Celica they are unique. So it's a trade off.
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