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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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Do any of u guys know how to do sleepy eyes.Or just completly remove the pop up headlights.

Thanks For the help

someone please help or read

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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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i don't know how to do it, but just for a tip cuz i don't want anyone to cuss you out, some people have some sort of life, w/e it is that they do, so they only come in like once a day tops, so if you post something don't expect a reply within ten minutes, wait atleast 12 hrs to bump it up...
Old Aug 2, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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remove the fuse to the headlight motors and then turn the **** on the motor by hand to the desired height you want and your golden...Now the pic i provided i did it for different reason...This was done for another thread for somebody who passed away


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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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And when you need to use your headlights at night, what do you do?
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remove the fuse to the headlight motors and then turn the **** on the motor by hand to the desired height you want and your golden...Now the pic i provided i did it for different reason...This was done for another thread for somebody who passed away

Old Aug 2, 2008 | 10:52 PM
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my guess is that you would replace the lights with something a bit more potent or modern (4-eyes mod or similar) that takes the place of the old stock round lights. Something more similar to what a modern RX-8 or Mazda 6 has, much smaller lights with MUCH better illumination.
Old Aug 2, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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Does anyone do this the safe way, in that they don't go fully down, but do go all the way up? It wouldn't be to my taste, but I'd feel a lot better helping someone do it or knowing someone who wants to.
Old Aug 3, 2008 | 12:04 AM
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My friend was doing the sleepy eye mod on his 240, and he was talking to us about it while he was adjusting them, and he said lazy eye once on accident. And we were laughing at what that would look like. My friend was like "I guess that'd be one light pointed straight, and the other to the far right." We laughed about it and mine broke THAT night. I was like "Aww damn, now I'll look like a motorcycle, I don't want to pay to get that fixed" he looked at my car for a while before finally saying "Chris, I think this is what the lazy eye mods looks like." And in the midst of all my anger, I burst into laughter because of that.

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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 02:51 AM
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the only way to do this correctly is to add another 3 way switch

http://www.ausrotary.com/viewtopic.php?t=72556

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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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you can shorten the tie rods that push the light up cut and weld
Old Aug 3, 2008 | 08:11 PM
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i did the sleepy eye mod on my FC. it works better on an FC becuase the healight assemblies pivot so matter how how much your headlights are open the beam is still in the same direction.

and even though the headllight was 1/3 covered it was fine because i had a HID conversion

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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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My little brothers car...Its the white FC...





the one's on th FC had no such cutting what's so ever...We just took the fuse out for the retractor motor and then turned the **** by hand to the desired height...

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