Okay so progress is being made,i met up with my boy this morning at 8:00 & we finished at 4:20 so it was a very long day,any way here's what we got done today....sorry in advance for crappy iphone pics

First thing we take out one headlamp & get to work on the wire harness..



After we tackle the harness we give it a test run..everything works?? no codes?? afs works?? Check




While we had the bumper off we tackled the fog lights,they now run the led/drl's withouth headlamps all from the headlight switch without having to run a seperate switch


Voila the outcome..


Gonna do LED drl bulbs the low output 9005 sux bigtime..


So next up is putting the car in the shop to paint the front & rear bumpers & install the rear lights,we thought about just doing the rear & leave the finish panel unpainted but this is not a civic so i'll wait & get ti done all together,the car goes in the shop on the 27th of this month so the next update will be in march..

P.S. The bumper is different between the years right under the washer on the old headlights so for now we used a dremel to open it up a tad so technically it can work but the gap look pretty bad IMO i'm super OCD with my cars so i'm glad i have the bumper...if someone is gonna try this do yourself a favor & just spring for the newer bumper,grill & fogs..

 

Wow..that looks good..that gap doesn't seem terrible and should be able to be reduced somehow..was the headlight rewire a PITA or not so bad? Was it more or less to get the LEDs to light up properly? Are these the more yellowish LED DRLs or more pure white like Audi's have?

 

Thanks the headlight rewire was a beyotch the plugs are different between both lights & then the led's was another story in itself..the LED DRL'S look whit but it's still light outside so i'm gonna check when it's dark outside...

Now the gap from a far or at a quick glance isn't noticable..the actual gap comes from where the headlight washer used to be it's on a upsweep/bulge we had to dremel the corner & sorta force it a bit to put the side clips in,again it's not that bad for a old cheap beater but on a flagship sedan the gap is a no go.

 

Looking good bro!!! Can't wait for the March update!!! Good to know you only need to swap the bumpers and grille now

 

bonafyd nice work. New headlights looks really good. keep with the work.

 

Thanks fellas... So this morning I put on my puppy dog face cause I'm not gonna be able to take the gap for 2 weeks so I got my date pushed up to finish the car to the 20th instead of the 27th,I'm pretty glad I can be done with this phase quicker & move on to the meat & potatoes of this build.

 

After M/C conversion is not the meat & potatoes of this build?? You eat like a king compared to the rest of us on this forum then, lol

 

after m/c is meat and potatoes, rest of the build is champagne and caviar haha

 

Took the words right out of my mouth!!!! X2- What they said!!!

 

Like I said he lives up to his screen name, gotta luv a cat who keeps it 100 going HAM on a build! Great job so far, you got thru some crucial areas like a champ.

 

Almost done..

 

Keeps getting more and more TOTALLY CLASSY !!!!! Nice Job !
Mikey Lulejian - Lake Oconee, GA

 

the headlight/bumper gap looks gone! how did you do that...looks great!

 

He repalced his 07-09 bumper with a 2010-2012 bumper, looking good man!

 

Sigh...I totally overlooked that