Headlight upgrades

by **mad4hws** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:18 pm

Hi everyrone,
All of the light assemblies for the Minion missile have been taken apart and sent to the plater. Looking forward to getting them back. One thing I want to explore is upgraded headlights. I am hoping to do somehow increase night time visibility without modifying the look of the Patrol. Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) that they'd be willing to share? Would like to have a new set of headlights in the build pile for when the bezels and buckets come back from being plated.

by **CBlake** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:16 pm

I used Dapper Lighting on another project. Easy to install and super bright HID lights made driving at night much better.

https://www.dapperlighting.com/collecti ... hts/7-inch

by **mad4hws** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:06 pm

great. Thanks for the recommendation. Will post the results on the Minion Missile thread. They look like they're going to be great.

by **dustin3n** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:21 am

CBlake wrote:I used Dapper Lighting on another project. Easy to install and super bright HID lights made driving at night much better.

https://www.dapperlighting.com/collecti ... hts/7-inch

Got any night time pics? I'm curious if they are really bright.

by **CBlake** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:46 am

I don't. It was a project car for another person that I was working on. But, they are really bright and modern looking. I have no doubts you'll be impressed.

by **mad4hws** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:25 am

I ordered these a few weeks ago (when I created the post) and they're still not delivered. Not in a big hurry though, it will take the plater a few more weeks before the headlight buckets and hardware is ready, so they would just be sitting on the shelf anyway. As soon as they get in, I will update my build thread .

by **CBlake** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:22 am

Now that you say that, I remember it took mine a while to come in as well. Like you, I had ordered them early and wasn’t in a hurry.

by **mad4hws** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 5:30 pm

Hi everyone,
I getting ready to install these. I had taken apart my headlight buckets and sent off to be re-plated. I have misplaced the springs. by chance does anyone know what size these are? Or, might someone be able to take some measurements? Many thanks.

by **50car** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:39 pm

Width 1/2 inch.
7 coils when compressed 1/2 inch of coils.
Overall length 1 3/4 inches long when expanded.

by **mad4hws** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:07 pm

50car wrote:Width 1/2 inch.
7 coils when compressed 1/2 inch of coils.
Overall length 1 3/4 inches long when expanded.

Many thanks! Really appreciate you taking the time to get me the details.

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