FD3S Sleepy eye mod
 

Hey guys I was looking into sleepy eyes for my fd and I found the thread in the 3rd gen faqs but the pics seem to not load. I was just wondering if anyone had the pics for the write up.

Shannon

search in the right section (ie interior, exterior).

Still can't find any that show the process tried searching before I even went to the faq page

Don't does it!

Lol I'm not ricing out my car I just like the sleepy eyes that's it. I should have my car up and running before to long. You will see.

all you do is take the motor apart. put some non-conductive tape on the outer contact and seal back up. btw when you tirn off your headlights the unit will do its full rotation. if you want the permanent sleepy eye you'll might hafta remove the whole motor and afix your height. I just did this to my fd amd retro'd in some hella projectors. looks real nice

he didn't search in the right section, if he would have listened to you, he would have found it

if you install sleepy eye or lazy eye or what ever you want to call it, you are ricing out your FD.

https://www.rx7club.com/interior-exterior-audio-26/how-sleepy-headlights-3rd-gen-351136/

i can't believe i just helped this guy :wallbash:

What would be ricing out my fd? How about the evo r lights and huge coffee can on my car like most hondas and half the rx7 on this forum. If I do perform this mod its still stock set up. And secondly I did search so you can just quit being stupid.

And that is the same post that isn't showing. Guess I should go to the civic forums.

never understood the whole sleepy eye crap.

Look I have two cars with pop up lights and kinda looking for something different. I just think they are kind of cool looking. Its better than the ebay light kits that so many people use.

An FD is not a 240, please don't shit it up.

How did you fix your height on them? I have never heard of that.

An fd is not a 240? what does that even mean? Yes, fd are way better than 240, but both have great potential. Hell you swap a rb25 in a 240 and its amazing, its just like people who want to swap a ls6 in a fd. The thing about people customizing their cars is they do it the way the want it. Although I dont agree with most exterior mods on an fd because I like the body styling the way it is I do like the lazy eyes. Am I going to lose 100hp because I did the sleepy eye mod? Yes, of course. I am just going to be the turdiest car on the road and lose races to civics and 5 hp go carts. Do I care? No. I like to drive slow and my car to be riced out. It is my passion. Gotta love sarcasm.

LS6 != craptacular sleepy eye mod. But if your set on it, do it.

Not trying to be rude, just letting you know it isn't embraced with open arms by most FD owners.

You dont like ls6? Why not? Dont get me wrong I love my rotor but ls6 is an awesome motor.

i got sleepy eye mod! IT'S TIGHT!

It's obvious he's going to do it regardless.

I believe if you just pull the fuse for the retractor motor and then manually adjust it to the desired position that will work. Could be wrong though

trial and error. ... to high? add more "tape"

Im guessing you personally know most of the ~13000 FD owners in the US :lol:

13,000? I was under the impression there were <8,000 left. And we all now it is easier to know 8,000 owners. Duh. ;)

i said the ls6 does not equal the sleepy mod. I love the LSx, I've personally have had my hand on or in 200+ LS engines.

Oh ok I thought you were sayng you didnt like them. I like how so many people just bashed me for wanting to mod my fd in a way that I like it. Thanks for the supporters though. I have a spare set of headlights with the whole assemblies so I may try experimenting with them tonight.

I said i got sleepy eyes lol actually there not really sleepy they're just a tad lower i replaced them with 4x6.

Though the only reason i did the sleepy eye to my car was because I had other headlights to retro-fit into the stock housing (hella projectors and bulbs.). Imo the stock headlamps with the sleepy-eye looks like nuts.

Macadamia? Brazil? Filbert?

although I love the macadamia nut. i was going more for the Gevuinanut :nod:

never understood the whole sleepy eye crap.

i think sleepy eyes looks nice as well

I bet you sleepy eye haters, regardless your guy's car looks like RICE/S***.... Done deal, have a great morning.

Sleepy eye isn't so bad, this is the veilside light kit on my FD. Kind of makes the car look like it has down syndrome.
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The KS lights are semi sleepy eye too.

Personally, I build my car to suit ME, not some narrow-minded asshole on this forum. Never understood why these people always think something they don't care for is "riced out" anyway. IMO the stock headlights look bug-eyed when they're up, and the sleepy-eyes look way more stream-lined. Doesn't mean I'm gonna bash anyone for keeping theirs stock. Same goes for a V8 conversion. I wouldn't do it, but if others want to then go for it. Just think about this...if you swap a LS6 into a Ferrari, is it still a Ferrari? I say not and I bet EVERY Ferrari owner would agree with me. In any sports car, the motor is a major part of the vehicle design. Same goes with the RX7. It was designed/built as a rotary and if you change that then it's not really an RX7 anymore. Maybe a V8 is "better" ( a matter of opinion), but it totally changes what the car was meant to be. You want a V8, go buy a vette.

I love hypocritical posts. LOL

Hypocrite? I never slammed anyone for their choices on what they do with their own car or said anything was crap. I just stated I wouldn't do it and why. The only person I did slam was the person who said it was crap just because they wouldn't do it, like nobody should do it becasue THEY don't like it. Maybe u should learn correct usage of this word.

wow so much hate. just to clarify, are you looking to just have the stock headlights open a little or actually retrofit them so they are functional? i cant say much for the first but i personally like the latter. lower profile and better lighting is a plus in my book but every ones taste varies. i think the issue with the veilside and such is it is too in between and not low enough.

If the veilside was any lower you would have virtually no light output, it is as low as it can go while maintaining the ability to see at night. IMO, I would rather be able to see when I am driving than "look cool". Just my .02.

I will be making mine as soon as I get back from my vacation, it won't be everybody's cup of tea but who cares, it's my car...haha..

my fault i didnt specify. i understand that with that light it would not work any lower i just was referring to the angle overall. with the use of small hid projectors you can run a more acute angle and in my mind a more favorable look. sorry was in the hospital today and the pain meds have me a little loopy:crzyeye:
once i get started on my build again i am planning on trying a few leftover projectors for old retrofits to see lowest i can run the covers while improving the piss poor stock lighting. i am pampered with my 4x55w retrofit in my m :nod: too bad the led strips like the prerunner trucks run dont have a cutoff because they would allow a much easier install.

LOL!! Maybe you should read your original post. It's classic. :lol:

Being a hypocrite means I'm telling someone not to do something and then doing it myself or vice-versa. What exactly in my statement do you consider hypocrisy? I didn't tell anyine what to do, or not to do, to their car. I only said what I wouldn't do to mine and why. Maybe YOU should read my original statement again. Euther way, I'm done with this.

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:scratch: So if you put a V8 in your RX7 it's no longer a RX7, but if you change the way the RX7 looks it's still a RX7? Wasn't the RX7 designed to have full pop up lights?

"Personally, I build my car to suit ME, not some narrow-minded asshole on this forum." Hmm, I wonder who posted that? They seem to have a good grasp of what "car culture" is. I agree totally and don't tell people their [insert vehicle name here] is no longer a [same name] because they did [whatever they seem to be proud of] to it. That would make me an narrow-minded asshole and a hypocrite, wouldn't it?

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To answer your question, No it wouldn't. If you asked me if you should put an LS6 in your car and I said no, gave you 50 reasons why not, then did it to my car, THAT would make me a hypocrite. As it is, even if you disagree with me, I WAS STATING MY OPINION AND THE REASON WHY I HAVE THAT OPINION. If you disagree with my statements that's fine, but it does not make me a hypocrite any more than it makes you an asshole.

In regards to your other statement, you're comparing apples to oranges. How do you equate a minor aesthetic modification, such as swapping headlights, to swapping the engine/tranmsission? You're saying changing the headlights has as much or an impact on the overall characteristics of the car as changing the engine/transmission. No fucking way! Using that kind of logic the only way to keep your (whatever car you have) as (whatever car you have) would be to leave it completely stock and not change one single thing about it.

Back to my comparison...if you swap a LS6 into a Ferrrari is it still a Ferrari? Hell no it's not and anybody in the Ferrari realm would make no bones about telling you so. But if you swap to custom headlights they would definitely still consider it a Ferrari because changing the headlights is only an appearance thing. Changing the headlights does not change any of the major characteristics of the car, while changing the engine/transmission would change everything about the car.

Now I really am done with this. We've jacked this poor guys thread enough. I hope he got what he was after from it.

Dave,
Thx for the link. Very interesting.

No problems. Superdan is doing a great job with his sleek kit and wanted to add a popup to his offerings so he's taking my design and going to improve it.

After all this bullshit no there is still no proper explanation how to do the sleepy eye mod...

So did anyone figure this out ?...