Lupo Headlights
Discussion
I've just removed my Mk11 Chimaera headlamps and reflectors. What an awful design! I need two reflectors and one lense.
The Lupo headlamps look like a better option as much more modern design and sealed.
I can't find a step by step guide, could anyone point me in the right direction?
How much cutting is involved and how was the modification process?
Any advice would be most welcome in helping me decide which way to go.
I have also considered the Mk111 mod and using Mk 1 golf lamps but I actually think I prefer the original headlamp look?
The Lupo headlamps look like a better option as much more modern design and sealed.
I can't find a step by step guide, could anyone point me in the right direction?
How much cutting is involved and how was the modification process?
Any advice would be most welcome in helping me decide which way to go.
I have also considered the Mk111 mod and using Mk 1 golf lamps but I actually think I prefer the original headlamp look?
your right about the bezel restricting the beam but if correctly fitted and the bezel then painstakingly reworked to fit ezactly around the periffery of the lens as i did with nicks which involves reshaping the bezel totally i used a thin copper tube soldered together in a circle then shaped around the lens edge and finally using epoxy and fine tape refashioned the bezel but result is brilliant in more ways than one
tvr_9_march 7 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickr
john
tvr_9_march 7 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickr
john
Edited by Engineer1949 on Saturday 20th August 08:02
Engineer1949 said:
your right about the bezel restricting the beam but if correctly fitted and the bezel then painstakingly reworked to fit ezactly around the periffery of the lens as i did with nicks which involves reshaping the bezel totally i used a thin copper tube soldered together in a circle then shaped around the lens edge and finally using epoxy and fine tape refashioned the bezel but result is brilliant in more ways than one
tvr_9_march 7 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickr
john
Thanks John, I've had a look at your blog and it's a big help.tvr_9_march 7 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickr
john
Edited by Engineer1949 on Saturday 20th August 08:02
How easy was it to actually mount the lamp units? Fashion some brackets and sikaflex to body?
It would be easy to just spend the money and go back to stock but I hate the design and probably the likely beam quality. I just want to be sure it's worth the effort? Looking at Nicks car and others I really like the fresher original look when done.
tofts said:
I don't lnow weather it is possible on the Chim, but on the cerb I actually used the cowl as the mount for the lights, this makes them removable if one breaks or becomes mikly with age!
jEdited by tofts on Saturday 20th August 11:25
Thanks, that's really interesting, presume you moulded those fixings around the Lupo lamp shape. What did you use to create the shape? Do the cowls still mout the same way with a couple of lower fixings and sikaflex at the top?
Car looks great btw.
ProjectChimaera said:
Thanks, that's really interesting, presume you moulded those fixings around the Lupo lamp shape. What did you use to create the shape? Do the cowls still mout the same way with a couple of lower fixings and sikaflex at the top?
Car looks great btw.
Pretty much, I carved most of the "inner" cowl away, leaving parts at the top and bottom to accommodate the fixings. The fixture i created by covering the light in cling film then placed glass over the approx area I needed. I then went on to make further molds of these so I could do the job in the future on other cars to make it easier. Thankfully, there is enough meat in the inner cowl to support the mods, but im not certain it could be done this way on a chim. I do have a potential conversion for a customer on the horizon, so if it is possible this way, I will put something up about it. I never liked the idea of having the light fixed permanently!Car looks great btw.
Jody
tofts said:
Pretty much, I carved most of the "inner" cowl away, leaving parts at the top and bottom to accommodate the fixings. The fixture i created by covering the light in cling film then placed glass over the approx area I needed. I then went on to make further molds of these so I could do the job in the future on other cars to make it easier. Thankfully, there is enough meat in the inner cowl to support the mods, but im not certain it could be done this way on a chim. I do have a potential conversion for a customer on the horizon, so if it is possible this way, I will put something up about it. I never liked the idea of having the light fixed permanently!
Jody
Thanks Jody, I've ordered one Lupo lamp so that I can offer it up. I'll post accordingly when I've had a look. The creation of the mould technique is pretty cool! Jody
Where are you in Essex, I suspect I'm not that far away in Suffolk?
A really frustrating day trying to get the Lupo headlamps in.
John kindly advised that he reshaped the bezels to get a decent fit, has anyone ever fitted these without modifying the bezel?
It doesn't look like that I can get the lamp unit in anywhere near upright or square without relieving the lower edge of the bezel?
No matter how I try I either get an unsightly gap at the top or bottom between the lamp an bezel.
John kindly advised that he reshaped the bezels to get a decent fit, has anyone ever fitted these without modifying the bezel?
It doesn't look like that I can get the lamp unit in anywhere near upright or square without relieving the lower edge of the bezel?
No matter how I try I either get an unsightly gap at the top or bottom between the lamp an bezel.
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