*E7* gurus

[rollaholic]

how much work is involved in putting a twin headlight front on a *E7* coupe?

from looking at it the bonnet and guards look a bit different

is it even feasible?

[Dell'Orto]

Change all the A pillar forward panels, and drill some holes. Pretty easy, just getting the bits isnt!

[rollaholic]

dont discourage me!

[Dell'Orto]

What sort of headlights does the coupe have? The sunken in 2BX type ones or the slanted semi sealed type?

[rollaholic]

sunken type

[Dell'Orto]

Ah yup, I think the guards will be sweet with the twin headlight brackets then...I think the bonnet and valence are different though.

[Volodkovich]

I was under the impression the twin headlight conversion is not bolt on on the 2 door body variants (coupes/notches/liftbacks).

http://www.cm-club.com/vb/image.php?u=13247&dateline=1197446038

Looks a bit strange imo

[rollaholic]

if by strange you mean teh sex, i agree!

[touge rolla]

Yeah I reckon that looks awesome.

[xsspeed]

O for owesome

[ke_25]

the very top panel infront of the screen shud b changes also as the grooves in the bonnet are differn n it looks funny.

early model 80? 81 mayb? non recessed headlight model has same guards bonnet etc so if you find thm you can use them then just need twin h/l front grill n bezils

[rollaholic]

the car is an 83, thanks for the advice though!

how hard is it to dig up twin headlight bits these days?

[ke_25]

just hunt, they are quiet hard. trademe wil be your answer

[Dell'Orto]

I think someone on Club K was selling all the panels, and there is another person selling Thai replica headlight surrounds. The stuff pops up from time to time, but people want silly money for it.

[AE25]

looks like the coupe in your link (group5 website huh) is running the early levin park lights which means he's cut the headlight surrounds up. you'll definately need to redrill some mounting holes and possibly cut some larger holes to get the bulbs in.
you can run the corolla/levin guards with twin headlight surrounds but you'll end up with a gap under the twin-light park lights coz the levin parkers are taller.
also the valence panel under the lights are stepped down lower on the twin headlight.. whereas the coupe/hardtop/liftback are flat.
i know "myk00l" on here knows of someone that imports the replica stuff. genuine parts go for good coin due to world demand

notice gap under park lights in this one. he using coupe guards, grill, bonnet etc, but twin H/L surrounds and valence. arftermarket chin.