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Post by thehag71 on May 26, 2011 4:00:18 GMT -5
I like the look of the original headlight design on the Bradley gtI where they are set back in and covered when not in use by the drop down covers, but yesterday I was sitting outside and looking at them and I started to get an idea. Why not fill the openings, and put in something like off of the older corvettes where the headlight covers are slightly larger than the size of the headlights and the lights themselves are mounted relatively flush with the body and just the covers pop up when on. Just throwing it out there for now, but I think it would really clean up the headlights on the gtI. For me, the price of a complete headlight assembly from an older corvette would be the determining factor, but there are other options. a couple of cars used the same type of system. Lincoln towncars, and Ford fairlanes come to mind and I am sure there are numerous others . What do you think?
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Post by Jeff Lande on May 26, 2011 6:23:31 GMT -5
that would make it basically the same as the GTII headlights... wouldn't it?
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Post by smyrnaguy on May 26, 2011 7:08:03 GMT -5
I wouldn't want vacuum operated pop-ups on a VW powered car. I see a lot of "winky" cars on the road still. I filled the holes on my car and installed C5 racing lights higher up on the hood. As it turns out DOT regulations require that headlights be no lower than 22" (or higher than 54") from the road surface to headlight center. Neither of my Bradleys met this requirement with stock headlights. One measured 18" and the other 19". Now your average safety inspector wouldn't know this or care. Neither do 99.9% of law enforcement. There are a lot of illegally lighted vehicles on the road. Headlights, tail lights and brake lights have to be DOT approved. Other lighting has to be merely visible and appropriate for the model of the car.
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Post by Jeff Lande on May 26, 2011 14:10:16 GMT -5
I found this (seems to me I looked it up before and found basically the same info):
Headlight Height Requirements
Headlight heights are always measured from ground level to the center of the lowest bulb on a vehicle's headlight assembly. The following states mandate that headlight height be between 24 and 54 inches from ground level: Alaska, Arkansas, Washington DC, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas. Colorado mandates a maximum light height (44 inches), but not a minimum.
So, if you're not in one of those states, I think you're good to go.
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Post by thehag71 on May 26, 2011 23:44:48 GMT -5
Maybe the same as gt II headlights. I haven't really paid that much attention to them. I will have to check them out. I wouldn't run a vacuum operated headlight system on a vw, I would have to make some sort of electric actuator, or find a system off of another car that i could make work.
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