Looking forward to it!

 

got the new brackets today. everything fits great. on my first design i had to trim/grind down the nylon spacers a bit to fit, not a big deal but kind of a pain in the ***. now the high modules sit about 5.5mm higher. no new trimming as far as i know, will let you know asap.

will get some pics as soon as a get my buddies camera.

 

as promised...







new position



vs.

old position

 

Nice! How's the housing coming along?

 

the shrouds are coming along well. i just ran into the speed bump of the bracket needed adjusted to work (or fit) better with the shroud. im going get as much done on the shrouds to help things move along smoothly once james arrives.

hopefully we will be able to finish all the stuff that i need the car for, leaving only smoothing and some tedious final detail fun.

just another though:
i have 3 brackets i designed for the project, assuming this redesigned bracket works perfectly, things should move great. most of the hiccups have been related to one bracket or another. the problem with a bracket not working are greater than it may seem. first the obvious, the time it takes me to redesign it. second, the time it takes to get the brackets (a good turn around is still), 1-2 weeks. and finally, the fact that i cant really do any work on the shroud, as i would have to turn around and redo it with the new brackets.

so all in all, it should be a good few weeks.

 

Looks great. Keep up the good work.

 

sorry for the delay guys, its slowly moving along. i should be able to make some good progress this weekend when james comes over. the driver side shroud is just about done. then the passenger side should be quicker.

 

You need another camera buddy?

 

nah, thanks though. i got my friends to use. ill get some pics of it on the car this weekend.

 

Mr.Dan, let me know about the sleepy eye parts. Have them ready to go

 

Let's finish the project at hand before he starts the next!!

Keep it up dude

 

will do, apparently widebody fell of the face of the earth.

dont worry joe, i wont be doing anything that will interfere with progress on the sleek kit. the sleepy kit is something i can do on my own since im merely duplicating it. the sleek kit only gets progress while james is here and i really cant do anything without him being here.

 

https://www.rx7club.com/interior-exterior-audio-26/carbonfiber-fiberglass-pieces-vendor-help-968167/

check this out to help me find a vendor to make my shrouds

 

got some new pics, and will get more up soon. also im talking with shine about the shrouds. im excited because they do great work.











more to come

 

I like where this is going.

 

That is a lot of work. Looks really nice and Shine would be a great partner for the shroud pieces.

 

very nice Dan!

 

there is actually more work done after those pics but it will be a bit before i get a chance to get em on.

i have the mounting flange on the shroud, now too

 

its amazing to think that those molds will eventually turn into a beautiful headlight housing!

 

more new pics as promised (sorry for the delay)...

 

few more...

 

also there have been a few more changes made to the shroud, not shown in these pictures...

the mounting flange has been cleaned up to match the mounting bracket, and holes drilled in the flange to match the bracket.

you will see a height difference in the leading, inside edge of the shroud (the resin color vs black), this has been fixed.

i am currently working on the height discrepancy between the inside, leading corner of the shroud and the hood/bumper. also i am shaping the dividing wall between the high and low projector holes. then obviously cleaning up the curves and smoothing out the rest.

 

this is shaping up really good...lol pun not intended

 

brilliant work - nearing the end of what is an amazing effort. I'm glad that you have maintained your enthusiasm throughout in terms of attention to detail - the end product will more than meet everyone's expectations I suspect!

 

thanks for the words of encouragement!