round headlights

[rancheeto]

ok ive seen it done, and read some of the threads and couldnt figure it out.
i need new headlights, cause mine are all rusty, and was wanting to do the round ones.
what kind of car would have some that work with little or no fabbing mounts?
is there any with plug and play?

also i wanted to go ahead and do an hid conversion. i dont really know anything about that other than what i read, you need to do an actual conversion and not just get bulbs.

so is there anything i can get and kill two birds with one stone?

[MONSOON]

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[hawkdoc60]

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Did you have to elaborate so much in your answer? LOL :toothy5:

[Damkid]

if i needed to replace both of my headlights, i would call FMS and order the 121 grille and headlights

[rancheeto]

does anyone know what headlights were used in those other festies, and what it took to do it?

[MeeMo]

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/car/753477650.html

Found that craigslist ad. In it is a picture of the front end and the following:

Round Headlight Conversion - Hella Brand Brackets from Volkswagon GTI,

[LittleHoe]

hi there, ya I believe they are from a early to mid 90s VW golf, gti, or similar. Here are a couple pics of how mine are mounted.

[MONSOON]

Monkeyracing was going to make a kit to do the conversion to round headlight. It used the existing Festiva brackets with Golf headlights.

[m715]

Roger does not have any more 121 headlights. If he did, I would have bought them 2 yrs ago. As I understood it, I got the last set, and it was a used pair. I have mocked up a set of the VW headlights on one of mine too, and they look like a good option!
Michael

[rancheeto]

Roger does not have any more 121 headlights. If he did, I would have bought them 2 yrs ago. As I understood it, I got the last set, and it was a used pair. I have mocked up a set of the VW headlights on one of mine too, and they look like a good option!
Michael

was it very hard?

[lanemeyer14]

Doesn't a company make the conversion kit with a lens cover as well? Isn't it CWS tuning or something like that?

[FB71]

they haven't made them in several years.

[Fishtiva]

Are those VW mounts? They look like speaker box rings. A sound idea!

As for round lenses, I'm pretty sure you can still get them off the shelf, same as trim rings - for older cars like, Cutlasses, Chevelles and stuff, and TORINOS! But they're sealed units, not replaceable halogen bulbs. I don't know if any of the newer aftermarket reproductions are designed with replacement bulbs in mind. Might be worth a look.

I like your setup L'ilHoe. Same car colour too.

[Pocket_Rocket]

H4 (separate bulb and housing) conversions are easy to get on ebay or other custom car parts companies. From what I understand, just get the brackets from any car with 7" round headlights from the junkyard, like VW GTi's, Rabbits, Westfalias, old Chevys/GMC pickups, for example, and do some minor custom work.

[m715]

The real trick would be to fabricate trim bezels to give it a "finished" look.

Michael