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Old 03-15-03, 11:34 PM
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East Bear Headlight Kit...

...I'm looking Into loosing the Flip up Headlights. Anybody, can you direct me to link and or price your seeing this kit for? I'm looking for the best price. (I'm not going to say the cheapest).

I admit no search was made due to the prices all ways maybe fluctuating. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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http://www.rx7store.net/

In the lighting section, then light kits, then the east bear kit is right there. $625 american dollars for it.
Not sure if thats the info you wanted but there it is.
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Thanks. Theres a start. It would be great to see some pics and tell us their experiences too for those who have this setup.
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i recently posted some pics here

http://forum.rx7cz.net/index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=119&
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Nice pics. Where did you buy this kit and how much Deniros?
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Nota944 has them on his. They look OK, but the light quality blows. The lights are just IPf (?) foglights. NOT DOT LEGAL and not very effective for high speed nighttime excursions
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Originally posted by banzaitoyota
Nota944 has them on his. They look OK, but the light quality blows. The lights are just IPf (?) foglights. NOT DOT LEGAL and not very effective for high speed nighttime excursions
Incorrect. It Is the C-West that uses CATZ Foglights. East Bear, awell as RE, uses the H3 with 55 watt bulbs which make them DOT legal.

Although I have heard the lighting to be less than Immaculate, this could be remedied by swapping to 110 watt bulbs.

http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/l...index.html#REA
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Okay. It's official. I've searched and found that www.rx7store.com to sell them for $625. I'm still waiting on HIGGI though.
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Originally posted by silverrotor
Incorrect. It Is the C-West that uses CATZ Foglights. East Bear, awell as RE, uses the H3 with 55 watt bulbs which make them DOT legal.

Although I have heard the lighting to be less than Immaculate, this could be remedied by swapping to 110 watt bulbs.

http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/l...index.html#REA
That does not make them DOT legal..

The bulb itself, first off has to be DOT legal.

On top of that that, the individual housing also must be DOT approved. Something tells me that products coming from Japan probably wont have US DOT certified parts on them...
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Did you read the provided link?
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Originally posted by silverrotor
Did you read the provided link?
"But the best part about the East Bear kit is that it can be more easily adapted to using "proper" lighting. The Hella DOT lamps shown below have true low beam and high beam patterns and are legal for use on public roads, so no fear of tickets and a better dispersion of light. Both high and low beams use an H9 bulb. "

Yea, and in that link, they state that you can replace the ones that come with it with DOT legal housings (therefore implying that the ones that come with it are NOT DOT legal)

This also requires a little rewiring on the kit and obviously some new H9 plugs.
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Originally posted by silverrotor
Nice pics. Where did you buy this kit and how much Deniros?
Its not my install, its Reese's (NOTA944)

I was just searching for those pics 2 weeks ago so i put them on our forum...
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by silverrotor
[B]Incorrect. It Is the C-West that uses CATZ Foglights. East Bear, awell as RE, uses the H3 with 55 watt bulbs which make them DOT legal.

I never said Catz Foglights I said IPF! And they are FOGLIGHTS

The light patern and range SUCK!!!
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I've never been a fan of losing the FC pop ups, but that East Bear kit looks great (that is, if the fit is as good as OEM). The nicest is the REA, but you need the whole front end converted.
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I'll post pics of the IPF "lights(?)" tonight. I had Reese's totally apart for another reason and took pics of them.

A HID conversion[properly done] would make this a decent kit if you like the way it looks ; but that bumps the cost well over $1,000.
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To each his own, but out of all of the non-popup kits, I've always liked EastBears the least... Something strange about how it looks...

dunno. my half-cent.
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I'd have to say that www.rx7store.com would be the best price for this kit. More to come...
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