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Old 07-12-2014, 03:39 AM   #1
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More headlight pron...
These could be ready by tomorrow, but I'm going to wait a day to see if anything else comes to mind before I re-seal them.


^ Sweeeeet. Charles I think these came out pretty good. Looks tactical

Can't wait for the in-car pics!!!
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Old 07-12-2014, 09:26 PM   #2
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I really like the way these lights are looking PW

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Cant wait to see these completed
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I really like the way these lights are looking PW

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Thanks you for the compliment!

When toying with design ideas, I was inspired by the Carrera dual projectors (1 larger, 1 smaller as seen below).
Unfortunately, finding a projector lens smaller than those that we use proved very difficult and there is not much spare room in the headlight with these projectors due to their mount location.

So, I combined the Carrera dual projector with the 918 4 barrel and came up with these. I went through countless combinations before settling on this.
I tried many different ideas; even adding a second inner shroud to the headlight as seen below. The silver on white looked great in mock up, but not so much in the car.
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Old 07-13-2014, 05:07 PM   #4
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Those look good

I like the projects you do, everything looks classy or elegant to me. I always try to make my projects look as close to factory as possible, if you don't have time to do it right the first time how in the world will you find time to do it right the second or third time. What are the two smaller light assembly's on the side for ?

I cant wait to do this to a spare set of lights I have at home, hopefully the job interview will go good next week and I can get back to work so I can order some projectors.

Again really nice work PW....really Nice...and 968 such classy hardware...very well made from the looks of it.

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