My camaro needs headlights...
 

To start with, I'm just going to replace the existing headlights. But in the spirit of aero, and since I have to fix the stock bumper cover anyway (cracked in a few places), I want to do something like this:

http://a763.g.akamai.net/7/763/1644/...9/img3/img.jpg

Except make round cut-outs for something like 99ish Integra headlights, like so:

http://image.hondatuningmagazine.com...front_view.jpg

Not necessarily those lights exactly, but something similar. Unless I can find squareish headlights that fit those pockets without covers being welded in.

I'm also going to try out blocking the grille, and it's getting an e-fan sometime in the near future, as well as PS delete and A/C delete (A/C isn't all there anyway).

Aero is a bit wasted on this car, as I drive it with the tops out a lot... but what's the harm?

What if you put clear polycarbonate over the stock headlights?

christ - are you most interested in aero, trying to upgrade your headlights, or just want different looking lights / front end?

i think you could probably completely block the grill openings if your air dam is in good shape. get that sorted out first, and that might let ya do more funky front bumper mods along with your lights, if thats what you're looking for

What year Camaro?

Looks like an 85-89


And why not just get the covers for the headlights and leave them? holes in them will just go straight in, instead of straight over.

This. I'm doing the same for my Saturn. Should look pretty sweet, IMO. Then you don't have to worry about rocks hitting whatever's behind the plastic, so you can mount some projectors behind them or whatever you want, really.

While I'm welding up the front bumper, I'm probably just going to weld in a flange around the headlight area and black out the edges of a piece of lexan to bolt in over the stock headlight area.

It's a 1992 RS 3.1V6 4 speed auto. The image is not my car.

Holes in the cover would not be "straight in" as you suggest. Look at the integra's headlights - they follow the contour of the front end while aiming straight. They'd do the same thing in the addition to the Camaro bumper, but I don't like the look of them on the squarish front end of the Camaro.

I'll probably also do the flange thing for the grille block once I'm comfortable with blocking the whole thing off. Flange, blacked out edges on a piece of lexan (or black urethane, piece of coroplast, etc.) with exposed screws, since I like that look when done correctly.

When I replace the headlights, I'm probably going to wire them up direct to the battery with a solenoid on a switch to power them, since the stalk switch doesn't work anyway. Hi's would be switched on by flipping another switch on the dash, unless I can find another multi-switch cheap enough. (Junkyard has a couple, might see about grabbing one first).

My car also doesn't have those 15" wheels on it. They're the optional 16" wheels on mine.

205/55R16 up front, 245/50R16 in the back. The tires cost more than the car did. :/

So, basically, you want this?
http://s4.hubimg.com/u/1207995_f520.jpg
http://www.chetmccaig.com/images/ses...2camaro-85.jpg

Seems like a simple swap if you can find a parts donor. Just put the polycarb over it and voila.

If you want to get fancy, there are H4 conversions you can get on Ebay. Instead of replacing the entire sealed beam you just replace a bulb. I've got em on my Rabbit and they work just as well as the stock units.

What is the function of the black vinyl piece just behind the headlights in the first post ?
And the raised loops as well ?

Just asking. Not trying to divert the thread.

Seems to me the most simple thing to do is to simply put covers over the lights like the picture in the original post.

Based on those pics, you might try headlights from something like a pontiac sunfire, or a 300zx (z32) - neither has quite the angle you're looking for (too steep and too flat, respectively), but with a little creativity, I bet you could make something neat looking out of either of those.

I know about the H4 conversions, I'll end up getting them eventually, but I'm broke and jobless at the moment.

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking for in those pics you added... but the area where the headlights are, I want it flush from the hood to the edge of the bumper cover.

It's a "bra" for the hood. Stops bugs and road dirt from chipping the paint. The loops are just there to pull it up tight while you're installing it. It's not installed on my car, nor will it ever be. I think those things are retarded, and I've seen what they do to paint.

That's probably what I'm gonna do, but nobody makes pre-formed clear covers that I know of, so I'm gonna weld/screw some flanges to the inside of the headlight area and screw covers to it, leaving the heads of the screws exposed.

And by "weld", I probably mean epoxy.

It'll end up looking like the aero pack on the older Dodge Daytona, smoothed out like this:

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k.../shoopcopy.jpg
The difference is that those headlights are pop-up, mine will just be behind the lexan like so:

http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/atta...5-gtb-_img.jpg

So that you'll have to remove the lexan covers to adjust/replace the headlights (until I get the non-sealed conversion).

You said you wanted black colored headlight surrounds. That's what I was trying to show. I got two 7x6 H4's for like $25 two years ago. Search around!

You might get a cleaner look by epoxying the clear covers from the back side, instead of screwing them in. They'll seal better then as well! Just make sure, whatever you do, that you vent them so they don't fog up.

I like the look of exposed screws/hardware, as long as they're done cleanly.

I don't want black surrounds on my headlights, I was literally thinking about adding the cover panels, then flush mounting headlights in them.