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Hi to all! Anyone one here, have sleepy eyes headlight convert on thier trans am or firebird?.

The reason why I ask, is because, both of my motors are shots. Thinking of openning the headlight halfway and installing HID foglights in it.
I know it sounds to import, but what can I say....I'm filipino, that loves muscle cars. 8)


Mon May 31, 2010 11:29 pm
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Ew.


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Hi to all! Anyone one here, have sleepy eyes headlight convert on thier trans am or firebird?.

The reason why I ask, is because, both of my motors are shots. Thinking of openning the headlight halfway and installing HID foglights in it.
I know it sounds to import, but what can I say....I'm filipino, that loves muscle cars. 8)


hey man I used to be a flip too!! Im Canadian now though :D


Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:39 am
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Why ewww?. Headlight motor cost alot of money :(

http://www.breathlessperformance.com/pr ... rebird.asp

That one cost alot of money :shock:


Help! :cry:


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Are the headlights rebuildable like the 3rd gen ones? If so, that may be a better cost alternative.

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The headlight motor only uses 180 degrees of the gear so unless somebody has already done the flip it only takes a few minutes to unbolt the linkage and then use the other 180 degrees of the gear. Or there is an option to buy a brass gear to replace the plastic one. Check out the link http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm

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The thing is, both motor aren't making any noise.
No whinning, no grinding, no signs of life what's so ever.


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Those headlights look like a$$ IMHO. Get some new motor or used ones. PM hybrid36 he's recently parted out to 4th gen birds you might be in luck and he still has a set in working condition. Even if they are in working shape and they grind you can try flipping the gear or buying new brass gears which i have installed into my dads 95'. I saved one motor by flipping the gear over but the other side was to chewed up so i had to resort to new brass gears. If your not a fan of how your lights look you might want to do a H4 housing retrofit like alot of people doing for a more modern look and you can install some HID's if you choose down the road aswell.

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sweettransam wrote:
The thing is, both motor aren't making any noise.
No whinning, no grinding, no signs of life what's so ever.


Is there power getting to the motor? Maybe should figure out what is wrong first........

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I've check, there's power going to the motors.


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sweettransam wrote:
I've check, there's power going to the motors.


And a ground?

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yup, don't know what to do. My hands are getting tired from spinning it manually :cry:


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PM hybrid36 to see if he has a set!

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Yeah, Ive Pm him already, no replied yet


I like it when the lights are down, especially on a nice sunny days.


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