Just Installed A Headlight Heater ;)

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02-09-2003, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by setzep' date='Feb 9 2003, 09:09 PM

hehe, I figured people would have to look at the thread if they saw "just installed a headlight heater".

I know I would be like"WTF is this guy thinking??, I gota see this"

Thats my first thought.

02-10-2003, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by setzep' date='Feb 9 2003, 09:09 PM

hehe, I figured people would have to look at the thread if they saw "just installed a headlight heater".

I know I would be like"WTF is this guy thinking??, I gota see this"

i know i was!, it should work though.

mike

02-10-2003, 09:06 AM

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But what about the other side??

You will have 1 frosty and 1 bright h'light

02-10-2003, 10:45 AM

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headlight de-icers for the winter.

02-10-2003, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by drifter' date='Feb 9 2003, 11:30 PM

Yeah, thats true.

I wonder how hot it would get under there? Do you think the heat off the headlights would affect it? you should stick a thermometer in there and take it for a drive.

I would have thought that there wouldn't be too much airflow there because the air would have to come under the car and up, where the air usually travels out the bottom of the car.

It's sort of a high pressure area under the bumper (after all, the stock radiator opening is there) so I think air will get to the cooler once I cut the bumper/valance. I think the biggest battle I'm going to face is routing the hot air comming off the cooler. I think I'm going to cut some of the body work away by the headlight motor and make a little duct to route it into the engine bay or maybe I could be real trick and louver my fender so it can exit there hmmm... But at first I'll just cut the bumper/valance and see what that gets me for oil temps. I'll cut the same holes/slots on the other side of the bumper/valance for a cold air intake for the turbo.