Custom headlight air intake. Hmmmmm

[172alex]

How would it be possible to do something like this...

...for my clio track day car. Obviously the car is not used on the road :nono:

Was thinking of using something like this...

from here http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=GLOID150-75

Or even this http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=MSD7030 if i wanted to push the boat out for maximum air intake.

The hardest bit would be cutting the glass. How the hell would i do that???

 

[kiza1986]

Cut the insides of a light out and run a cold air feed thorugh the light and out the casing??

 

[172alex]

Yes but how would i cut the glass???

 

[bing_17]

A lot of messing about, just run a normal caf in from behind the grill or where one of the fog lights sit, and i dont think its glass, plastic i think.

 

[f0xy]

its plastic.................dremel to cut it? might crack though

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Yep I would've suggested a dremel.

As said, it's pretty durable plastic, you'll be able to cut it safely.

 

[172alex]

A lot of messing about, just run a normal caf in from behind the grill or where one of the fog lights sit, and i dont think its glass, plastic i think.

Trust me mate, this will be worth it.

Yep I would've suggested a dremel.

As said, it's pretty durable plastic, you'll be able to cut it safely.

Ah, finally a positive response :star:

 

[munz_clio]

Yep dremel mate you get glass and plastic bits for them. what i would do first maybe is to mark the area out and drill small pilot holes all the way around the edge of the cut out and than using a hand saw with open tip to cut around or use the dremel on it. making tinypilot holes helps you not slipping and also helps not craking or shattering the cover.

 

[munz_clio]

btw great idea

love it

 

[mini-valver]

I've done it already, I'll get some pics up when I've finished it.

 

[172alex]

Yep dremel mate you get glass and plastic bits for them. what i would do first maybe is to mark the area out and drill small pilot holes all the way around the edge of the cut out and than using a hand saw with open tip to cut around or use the dremel on it. making tinypilot holes helps you not slipping and also helps not craking or shattering the cover.

Good thinking. So is the headlight glass or plastic???? :S

btw great idea

love it

Not actually my idea but thanks

I've done it already, I'll get some pics up when I've finished it.

Legend. How did you do it.......

 

[munz_clio]

plastic i think

 

[VeinAST]

not normal did this too iirc on a mk2ph2... massive gaping hole in it, looked a bit like a space helmet!
Would love someone to do this so it's road legal too ...

 

[mini-valver]

Mine is

 

[CHRIS-172]

Mine is

less talking about it, more pics of it!

 

[172alex]

not normal did this too iirc on a mk2ph2... massive gaping hole in it, looked a bit like a space helmet!

Any links/pics? had a read through his progres thread but couldnt see anything.

Mine is

less talking about it, more pics of it!

EXACTLY!!!! :evil:

 

[LeeP86]

heres one i made for my race car

and heres another one that waiting to get sprayed up.

 

[172alex]

Aw wicked mate! How exactly did you do it? Like how did you cut it out and did you use one of those inlet duct things like i posted from demon tweeks?

 

[LeeP86]

i used a dremel or a hack saw blade the plastic is fine for cutting out.
the top one i used two of the cup racer ducts cut the ends of them and stuck em together to make one big one then alot of fibreglass and filler to make it look half decent. and the bottom one is just a normal cupracer duct like the pic at the top.
i made the big one intially but then thought if i want to run in the ex clio cup champiojship ive gotta have one of the smaller ones so i went and nabbed one from work.

 

[mini-valver]

I'll post some pics later on, fiinished mine earlier. I've done it so I still have lights too, need to figure out a way to use a twin element dip beam/main beam bulb though.....

 

[AlexG]

on a ph2 like above if you put it in the sidelight hole would it be legal?

 

[Middo]

I'll post some pics later on, fiinished mine earlier. I've done it so I still have lights too, need to figure out a way to use a twin element dip beam/main beam bulb though.....

H4 HID conversion?

 

[mini-valver]

Check my project thread!

Not a bad Idea Mark.... Heavy though