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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 04:42 PM
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sleepy eye look

Do any of you fc owners have the half open, sleepy headlight look on your cars? I 've seen it on some 7's and i want to do it to my own, Does anyone know how to get the headlights halfway up like that? i heard you pull the retractor fuse and just crank the motor up until its where you want it, but will you head lights still work? thanks
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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There are kits you can buy for it. just google Sleepy Eye Kit + rx7.
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 05:20 PM
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unless you disconnect the light's HARNESSES your lights should still work. Whether or not you'll kill yourself with the limited light that will be available is a completely different story.

Anyone second the motion to make this the "Darwin thread of the week?" say AYE!
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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you can go and buy the Pivot sleepy eye kit for $90 but thats a waste of money.
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by aceofspades49c
Do any of you fc owners have the half open, sleepy headlight look on your cars? I 've seen it on some 7's and i want to do it to my own, Does anyone know how to get the headlights halfway up like that? i heard you pull the retractor fuse and just crank the motor up until its where you want it, but will you head lights still work? thanks
Yep thats how i do it, pull the fuse and crank the **** under the lights.
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Yep thats how i do it, pull the fuse and crank the **** under the lights.
crank the motor. Blah thats the hard way.

In the FC head light switch, (top one) Theres a center point where its neither on nor off. So play with the switch.

crank half way, and stop in the middle when its at propper height. Then pull the retractor switch to use your headlights.

Not recommended to at night. not enough light unless your running some HIDs
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by phoenix7
unless you disconnect the light's HARNESSES your lights should still work. Whether or not you'll kill yourself with the limited light that will be available is a completely different story.

Anyone second the motion to make this the "Darwin thread of the week?" say AYE!
AYE
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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Thank you. For a second there I thought I was the only one who thought this was one of the stupidest ways to die in a 7.
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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sleepy eyes... urrrr..... i mean "broken" headlight conversion is easy. dont waste your time with it though. its not worth being made fun of everywhere you go.
Old Jun 22, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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"tard lights"

If your car looks retarded - so do you.
Old Jun 23, 2007 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by phoenix7
Thank you. For a second there I thought I was the only one who thought this was one of the stupidest ways to die in a 7.
whats the first?

Originally Posted by chaosseven
"tard lights"

If your car looks retarded - so do you.
lol
Old Jun 23, 2007 | 12:51 AM
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 01:27 AM
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hah i tried the "Fuse Pulling action" i just pulled out the FTP lenses and thought i was hot ****... but then one day pondering and sipping on Brew i decided to finally bite the lazy bullet and just wire a switch through the front fuse box to where the switch is on my center console and of course a fuse. the option of having headlights when you needed them definitely appealed to me. Now it looks like my 7 is about to pass out!

oh yeah... the first option was stupid. especially with how foggy those FC windshields are in the middle of the night

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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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This has been covered hundreds of times before and the result is always the same. The thread becomes flamebait and quickly goes down the toilet.

Lights like this are dangerous, ilegal and most people think they look broken.

Search "sleepy eyes" or "lazy eyes" for similar threads.

Closing this thread now...
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