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Old Sep 5, 2005 | 02:02 PM
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[quote name='75 Repu' date='Sep 5 2005, 09:39 AM']the thing about the fc lights is that they never angle downward, they stay pointing straight forward throughout their travel,

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Is that a fact? I was under the impression that they pivoted at the rear of the housing just like the rest. Hmm. I've never dealt with FCs up close and personal though, so you would know more than I, I'm sure.
Old Sep 5, 2005 | 04:16 PM
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they do pivot about a point at the rear of the light, i dont see how they would stay straight for the entire travel. They may be close to the final position when in the "sleepy" spot, but it wouldnt be the same
Old Sep 6, 2005 | 01:21 AM
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[quote name='SilverSeven' date='Sep 5 2005, 11:02 AM']Is that a fact? I was under the impression that they pivoted at the rear of the housing just like the rest. Hmm. I've never dealt with FCs up close and personal though, so you would know more than I, I'm sure.

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yeah they are on a swivel base, the lid is hinged at the rear but the actual light housing stays pointing forward.. its easy to notice if you have the ftps off.. thats why the plastic surround on the healights is two piece.. to allow for the swiveling motion to achieve this.. if not the FTPs would not get much light..
Old Sep 7, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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Oh, cool... i wondered why the housings were two-piece.
Old Sep 7, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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yea the housings have a dual pivot point, you can take off the side cover plastic of the headlights and watch it in action. It's amazing the am,ount of work put into it, they couldve just done it the same old way but they had to go out and figure out this whole dual pivot thing.



oh and BTW, the only headlight conversion that looks good on an fc requires a whole new bumper, and thats re-amemiya.



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Old Sep 7, 2005 | 06:49 PM
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[quote name='75 Repu' date='Sep 5 2005, 10:21 PM']yeah they are on a swivel base, the lid is hinged at the rear but the actual light housing stays pointing forward.. its easy to notice if you have the ftps off.. thats why the plastic surround on the healights is two piece.. to allow for the swiveling motion to achieve this.. if not the FTPs would not get much light..

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Good to know. I'll have to see that up close sometime.
Old Apr 26, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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the easyest, cheipest way but not the best, there is a **** above the headlight switch if you stop it in the middle of the **** they will be in sleepy mode but when you turn on your lights they flip back up.
Old Apr 29, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by teknics' post='756007' date='Sep 7 2005, 02:13 PM

oh and BTW, the only headlight conversion that looks good on an fc requires a whole new bumper, and thats re-amemiya.



kevin.
yeah, im ordering that when i get enough money together, and its the best looking conversion i could find. its just so expensive.
Old May 1, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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i want some head light like jefraney has thous are bad a$$.
Old May 7, 2006 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by steven88rx7' post='816201' date='Apr 27 2006, 05:25 AM

the easyest, cheipest way but not the best, there is a **** above the headlight switch if you stop it in the middle of the **** they will be in sleepy mode but when you turn on your lights they flip back up.
Before even adjusting manually with the *****, unplug the fuse (under the hood). This prevents returning to the full upright/lowered position

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