Another fine day in Eastern PA. Snow and too cold to work in the garage!
I decided to do a test fit of the rectangular lamps in my modified housing.
First picture is of the bare powder coated housing.
This picture is of the extension plates that came with the kit, the stock, black plastic adjuster with the adjuster screw. Notice how the plates relocate the adjuster screws.
Also worth noting if you plan on doing this modification, the stock screws are too long to use with these plates. I ran to Home Depot and purchased 40 - 8-32 X ⅜" long screws. They worked perfectly.
Once the plates and adjusters were in place, I mounted the lamp buckets. Gene, are these the "sugar scoops" you referred to???
NOTE: If you are using stock lamp buckets from a Firebird/Camaro, the buckets will have to be cut down about 1 inch.
Next step was to place the lamps in place. Low Beam goes to the outside, Hi Beam on the inside. I did not have the small springs available to install so the lamp is just laying there in place.
Here is the headlight trim held in place with just 2 screws. It all has to be taken apart so I can powder coat the new screws. Then I will put it back together for good.
The final picture of the assembly is the back of the assembly. Once the opening was enlarged in the housing, the lamps had plenty of room to fit correctly.
Good news. I showed the "finished" assembly to wife and got 2 thumbs up!! It must be good!!!
