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Thought I would put a teaser thread over here rather than fill up my normal build thread with details on the headlights I have been molding for the past way to long.
I was able to get a set of oem headlights from a fellow member who trusted me to not wreck them or buy him new ones if I did..... I was close........ ;D
I decided I wanted to retrofit '86-'89 Cavalier headlights into oem headlight buckets so I could get the look of the oem headlights but not the price tag that goes with them. You can get headlight buckets on ebay every once in a while for pretty cheap but when I did research on the cost for new, I was getting quotes of $1500.00 each in the States and $2500.00 each in Canada. The headlights themselves I was quoted $1000.00 from the Ferrari dealer in Calgary.
At that point, I did not think the financial committee (a.k.a wife) would approve that, I went on the hunt for replacements I could afford. Cavalier Headlights and Corsica headlights are pretty close to oem except both have a slightly more aggressive slant back from inside to outside of the light and from bottom to top. I was OK with that though as brand new Cavalier headlights cost me ~$190.00 CDN not the $1000.... I could live with the slight difference especially since the lights come on at night 90% of the time anyway, there also being enough other items on the replicas that same replica anyway. I decided on the Cavalier headlights since they are almost exactly the same size as the oem headlights, just the slants are different. I also had a Cavalier headlight from a wrecker trip a few years ago to check dimensions. I am sure Corsica headlights will work as well but I think they have a bit more slant bottom to top than the Cavalier headlights do. At least from what I could tell when looking at one on the street. The owner even came over to me and asked me what the H*** I was doing so I explained it to him.. He opened the hood and everything for me after that.... ;D
So, I found a set of oem headlights to mold and started the process over a year ago. I got about half way through molding the first headlight bucket and got sidetracked with work, family and move from Calgary to Victoria. Once settled in Victoria, I started up on the molding again. The member that loaned me the buckets has been excellent about the whole thing taking so long as he hasn't needed them but I also wanted to get the originals back to him in good condition and sooner rather than later. Later already having come and gone..... :-\
So, on to the process of molding the headlight buckets and front fascias so we can have oem style at a lower price point.
Cheers
Don
I was able to get a set of oem headlights from a fellow member who trusted me to not wreck them or buy him new ones if I did..... I was close........ ;D
I decided I wanted to retrofit '86-'89 Cavalier headlights into oem headlight buckets so I could get the look of the oem headlights but not the price tag that goes with them. You can get headlight buckets on ebay every once in a while for pretty cheap but when I did research on the cost for new, I was getting quotes of $1500.00 each in the States and $2500.00 each in Canada. The headlights themselves I was quoted $1000.00 from the Ferrari dealer in Calgary.
At that point, I did not think the financial committee (a.k.a wife) would approve that, I went on the hunt for replacements I could afford. Cavalier Headlights and Corsica headlights are pretty close to oem except both have a slightly more aggressive slant back from inside to outside of the light and from bottom to top. I was OK with that though as brand new Cavalier headlights cost me ~$190.00 CDN not the $1000.... I could live with the slight difference especially since the lights come on at night 90% of the time anyway, there also being enough other items on the replicas that same replica anyway. I decided on the Cavalier headlights since they are almost exactly the same size as the oem headlights, just the slants are different. I also had a Cavalier headlight from a wrecker trip a few years ago to check dimensions. I am sure Corsica headlights will work as well but I think they have a bit more slant bottom to top than the Cavalier headlights do. At least from what I could tell when looking at one on the street. The owner even came over to me and asked me what the H*** I was doing so I explained it to him.. He opened the hood and everything for me after that.... ;D
So, I found a set of oem headlights to mold and started the process over a year ago. I got about half way through molding the first headlight bucket and got sidetracked with work, family and move from Calgary to Victoria. Once settled in Victoria, I started up on the molding again. The member that loaned me the buckets has been excellent about the whole thing taking so long as he hasn't needed them but I also wanted to get the originals back to him in good condition and sooner rather than later. Later already having come and gone..... :-\
So, on to the process of molding the headlight buckets and front fascias so we can have oem style at a lower price point.
Cheers
Don
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