Guest Post: Sami R. - Headlight Conversion Part 6

Hi, Aki.

Well, today i have done that big oval hole on the adaptor plate, i think that it´s good enough.
Luckily, aluminium is so easy to work. You only need basic wood tools for drilling and sanding.
And i decited to left that LHD to RHD mechanism still on that projector, so it´s going to be nice a detail.


And here is some pics, on my progress.

-Sami

Guest Post: Sami R - Headlight Conversion Part 5

Hi, Aki.

Okay, now i have make some progress on my project.  Today i have find some right thickness aluminium on scrap yard. Last week i buy some too thin sheet, so it doesn´t stay straight when you adjust the light. And hardware store doesn´t have any thicker pieces on stock. If i want that, i have to order whole full size sheet and that´s way too expencive for me.

Straight after work, i drive to the scrap yard and ask if they have some straight aluminium sheets.  A lady who works there, just says that go there and look for your self, if you can find something that you can use, you can keep it.  So, i have this little piece for free and this one is just perfect, the plastic clips stays on place just like on original piece.
So, today i have make prototype of this adaptor plate and adjustment works perfect, hopefully i get that hole for the projector tomorrow.
And most hardest part is to make some square holes for these plastic clips, but they turn out quite nicely (at least for prototype) I try to make some info for exact numbers of that piece, when it´s ready. Maybe someone wants to do same conversion.

And now for the pics, hope you like them.
-Sami

Guest Post: Sami R. - Headlight Conversion Part 4

Editorial comment - there were a few emails between this one and the
last where meanwhile, Sami had emailed me to let me know he had
ordered some VW Passat headlights...

Hi, Aki.

Now I have taken the VW Passat (01-05) light apart.  There seems to be
a height adjustment motor inside too. Maybe I can use that too. After
closer inspection, the Passat light is made by Hellas and it has a
build in light patterns change! So, you can use same unit for lhd and
rhd!
I have take pics for this function, so you can see how it works.

And yesterday i try to find some square drill, but can´t find any.
And it´s not a joke, i know that those do exist, i have one but it´s
too small.

Well, pics do tell more that words, so here they are. Last two pics
are the adjust motor and the third last is, how well the VW light fits
in the Nissan light.

-Sami

Guest Post: Sami R. - Headlight Conversion, Part 3

Hi, again Aki.   And here is pics how everybody usually changes their
light from rhd to lhd in R33 skyline.  First you need some hella 4"x6"
lights (these are so called "chevy van" lights) and then you just cut
off the bottom of your original light and put the new light inside the
old. That way you have working height adjust and the lights still
looks the same as original.  I also have few comparison photos, of
these two different type lights, i think that everyone doesn´t usually
have these at the same time.  -Sami

Guest Post: Sami R. -Headlight Conversion, part 2

Hi, Aki.    Okay, today was national holiday, so no work and
weather was also nice (it has been raining nearly every day) I think
that it´s time to open that extra light housing that i have just for
practice.  Here is few pics how it looks inside, i think that you
haven´t ever open the lense it self?  But, anyway here is also pics
inside of that.  And there is the piece that i need to change (it
might be possible, so i don´t have to change whole lens, just the
little piece inside of it) but if i don´t find these pieces anywhere,
then i change the whole lense unit. Hi beam is okay anyway, because it
should have straight light pattern, it doesn´t rise on left or right
side.     I keep you updated if you like to see how it work out.