Light experts- who knows how to do this celica light conversion?
 

So which one of you experts knows the process of doing the celica light conversion. I found my avatar online, and I found out from a couple guys on the forum that the lights on the FD are actually from a celica. This has apparently been done a couple times.

I personally don't know the process, how to do it, the cost, the amount of body work, etc that would go into a project like that and everyone has been asking, so I figured I'd start a thread about it.

I feel it's a unique look so if anyone has information on a project like this, please feel free to add, and I'll update if I find anything else out..

dont do it, dude, thats hella gay. wow, that looks like total and complete asshole. ew.
dont ruin a perfectly good fd, then again, i also dont like anything but popups, but thats just me.

peace

Thats a pathetic looking FD.

wow, i haven't heard this post in a while. put your flame suit on. good luck.

i hope this is a joke; but if its not, at least put lights on it from a car thats worth taking lights from:
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6646/porsche2yi0.jpg
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/5046/rxecret7pr4.png



(note- it is your car. so do whatever you want to do with it. just dont expect much support from the RX-7 community.)

honestly, i think the Celica headlights look kinda cool in a "wtf is that evil looking thing?" kind of way... but i'd never consider hacking up a perfectly good FD to do it. i think FD's look best with the stock headlights (lights down, of course).

basically you'll have to hack up a hood, and bumper, make up some brackets, and do a lot of work to get everything to fit right. have fun writing the check for this kind of project.

Don't do it, that definately looks like crap.

i like all of them... except the fog lights on the first one..

Haha alright guys, It's all a matter of opinion. Honestly, I think the celica lights look pretty damn good, but the porsche lights look horrid. If that deserves a flame then so be it. I was just asking the process because I have been receiving countless pm's about how to do it, etc. I didn't ask the opinion of everyone on the forum, and I never said I was going to do it.

So back to my original question, if anyone knows how to do this, I know for a fact a lot of guys on the forum (including myself) would like to know the kind of work that needs to be put in.


(note- I don't own a 7, so I don't expect much anyway.)

you would have to buy the lights, cut and mold bumper, fenders, hood and cut the frame plus make a bracket to support the lights. Wiring the lights would be fairly simple though.
B

That's a lot of molding work done in the first picture. I made the mistake of molding in the front bumper of my celica, and while it looked very clean, it makes maintenance a bitch.

i agree with you 100%, it all comes down to what the owner wants. i personally dont think the RX-7 needs any headlight swap at all, but thats just me. even some flush mount lights dont do the FD proper justice. to each their own.

good luck getting an RX-7.

if you do that, you are asking to get shot

What do you mean it makes maintince a bitch? And do you have any pics you'd like to share?

Thanks, I'm so close I know it, but I'll take all the luck I can get right now.. ps I also agree about not even needing a light switch. I just saw that picture and thought they were pretty eye appealing and was wondering what it took to accomplish the look.


Hahah. So I realize the consensus around here is a "no". A lot of molding and body work seems a little too difficult for the average car enthusiast, so most will probably pass on a project like this, but it's always good to know. Thanks for all those who actually answered the question :)

Yeah, not being able to take off the bumper is a PIA. Makes working on anything that's in the front of the car nearly impossible unless you tunnel down through the engine bay. You can see on this pic where I had fender flares molded in along with the bumper. It looked nice, or at least I thought so, but it's really not practical unless it's going to only be a show car.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...PICT0001-1.jpg

I think the rx7 gods will butt sex you if you put those celica headlights on your fd

:iwstupid:

dude, with a car as rare as ours, why would you change it to make it less special?

Yeah very true, I completly forgot that the bumper wouldn't be removable really anymore, that's something to think about if your gonna take on a project like that. The job you did looks really clean though. Nice work


It's like everyone else said. All about the owners opinion in this case..

fucking ricer

Who?

looks fucken nasty

you know whats funny about the molded front bumper? if you can mold the ENTIRE front end together and then make it flip forward like a vette, THEN it makes sense, otherwise, good luck.
lets see if i can find a pic of the vette/datsun.

peace

no respect. no respect at all.

the idiot who wants to recreate that abomination

hah ouch burnt. that hurts buddy. not really nessicary though

So... uh. I guess you're another "dreamer kid" without a car?

^this guy probably drives a protege with a home made wing 15 inch sub in a box wrapped in blue biamond pate and blue tinted headlights.

:rlaugh: Poor kid..Let him dream..

Either way, just remember its your car and no matter what you do, there will always be a hater in the crowd.(Most likely someone who cant afford it.)

I think the celica lights make it look demonic! Someone photoshop it in black!!!:)

Oh no, please don't do this!

Or I drive the fucking 06 GTO in my sig...nice detective work asshat.

lol... I was waiting for ricer comments.. Glad they came

Actually I'm workin on it, but that was a good guess.

So i'm correct afterall.

not quite. I'm currently in the process of getting one. I just sold my daily driver for an even cheaper daily driver (1999 ford tarus with 60k miles-should get the job done) to allow more financial room for a FD. So if you want to call me a dreamer for now, you'd be semi correct, but theres a change in the works..

Well, if you're just getting into FDs, you might want to store about $5000 in the bank for when you blow your engine.

Haha I'm not as idiotic or abusive as you may think. I'm pretty sure I'd be able to treat the car correctly. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here since you know nothing about me and I'll just take a stab that your assuming I'm like every other 18yr old out there. no biggie.

i dont think its that bad it looks mean in its own way but looks to much like a 350z
i wouldnt do it if i were you but its your money/

how you gonna call someone a ricer on a rx7 forum and your pushin a 06 gto ..look like d1 sold on that one huh?

if your in the process of doing it.. why do u need our help?? hhmm...

No offense, I'm just not understanding this comment. I didn't ask for anyones help if I recall

because that's a ricer modification. The Rx7 looks gorgeous the way it came stock. To hack up the front end and put the headlights from a third rate FWD pile o donkey balls on an FD is just stupid. And I have no idea what you're talking about...D1? I hate drifting. I bought this car because it's a great car to ride around in and have fun in. I used to own an FD, too...so don't go assuming things you shouldn't, especially when I've been around here almost 5 years longer than you, mmkay?

and I'm not attacking the thread starter personally, it's just a dumb ricer decision. I have no idea who this guy is, but if this is one of his first questions he's asking on here then I really have to wonder where his head is at. I'm not saying that you're going to have problems with the car because you'll be stupid with the car, I'm saying it'd be good to have that money around because the 13B-REW is a crazy ass piece of work...it's extremely tempermental and if you mess up just a little bit you'll be wishing you would have saved that money instead of spending it hacking up the front end. Trust me, these things can make you broke really quick if you're not careful

:rlaugh:

Sure. Sprockett wins btw.

i like the look minus the hood.... btw there are no rx7 gods, its a fuckin car!

Thanks for the advice, I'll take it. And I have done so accordingly. I plan to have 6-7k in the bank after purchase, obviously not all for the car, but besides school and food I really have nothing else to pay for (thankfully) so a lot of that money can be put towards maintaining a car, esp. one with such standards as an FD. BTW, I was not even considering this type of modication that the thread is supposed to be about. I am no where near as knowledgable as one should be on body work to do something like that, however I did think (and still do think) that it is an eye catching look. but anyway, thanks for the advice and for your opinion.

haha on this forum, I think that's the wrong thing to say my man

Hey, it's no problem man. See, I'll admit...I was in the same place you are in now when I was 18. I had just gotten my FD, and I honestly didn't know much about it. I did some stupid, worthless mods to it but it had a lot of miles, and the engine finally went...I had to dig deep just to be able to replace that engine, but I was dumb...I didn't know any better, and I didn't take the advice of some of the experienced members of this board - I took it to a dealership to have the work done (HUGE mistake) and they totally messed it up...twice. Went through two more engines before finally parting ways with the car. It was a shame, too, because it was a great car and I loved it - it just left a real sour taste in my mouth after 3 engines in 6 months. Then again, the one I got wasn't a shining example...it had a lot of problems to begin with.

So, you know, take it or leave it. I just hate looking around these forums seeing threads like this...threads by excited noobs who want to jump right in the cockpit of an FD without thinking first, then later seeing threads from the same person - "engine died, what do I do?" It's not that it's a bad car, or even a terribly unreliable car...it's just that it needs to be approached in a very specific way to make sure bad things don't happen. That's why it doesn't make sense when I hear about people jumping right in and wondering "where can I get this bodykit?" or "do they make clear taillights?" or "do X racing seats fit in the FD?" etc - all asked before they get their car like they are creating some sort of master shopping list. I just know those are the people who are skimming over the important stuff. Who will say, "eh, what the hell..I'll just throw on a full exhaust - it won't hurt anything" only to have their engine run lean, detonate, and be left with a $5000 bill to repair the problem. If there is one set of drawbacks with the rotary...especially the rotary in the FD...is that 1) they need a precise A/F ratio at all times or something extremely bad will happen, 2) it needs to remain as cool as possible to prevent bad things from happening, and 3) if something bad happens it generally means having to rip out the old engine, rebuild, and reinstall.

So, anyway, as a million people have said, it's (going to be) your car, and your money...do with it as you will. I can just tell you with 100% certainty, however, that in this place you will get more respect and more attention if you have a perfectly clean, stock looking FD with smart mods than if you put a big spoiler on, a bodykit, huge wheels, crazy light setups, etc...at least from the people who are worth anything.

Good luck

This is exactly why I joined back in January, and didn't just by a car right away. I'm subscribed to threads that haven't been posted in, in months, but I know when I own the car I'm going to need to reference back to them. They are all reliability stuff, like cooling, and A/F ratio and all good stuff. And my favorites for the internet, no one else can navigate it except myself lol. its all filled with proper ways to mod an FD, or reliability mods, etc. I visit the FAQ section of this forum once a week, at least. I guess this is just all behind the scenes stuff that really isn't important, but I'm sure it shows I don't follow the normal 18 year old mentality of a ricer, I try not to fit the stereotype. I really do respect the clean FD, I mean my body modifications probably won’t exceed 99 spec stuff. but only time will tell about that.

Thanks again. Cars are investments (horrible ones lol) and trust me, I'm on a budget and I wouldn't throw my money away on ridiculous modifications. sorry you took the thread the wrong way.

Good to hear you're planning the right way - sorry I initially mistook what you were asking. I love the '99 spec conversion...if I were to do another FD I would have that in IBM. Best of luck to you

Tyler

As do I. They are appealing to me IMO. just like the lights (no comparison to a 99 spec conversion tho). Glad were on good terms, or so I hope. I'm really not a bad guy, or a stereotypical 18yr old (as hard as that is to a lot of people lol). Once again thanks for the help.

-Nick

Why don't you just get a Celica and convert it to RWD?