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This is technically my 4th set of headlights for this car. I have never been happy with the prevoius sets, and I have never been more frustrated with THIS set of lights....This set of lights took over 8 months to complete working against setbacks, and redesiging of a few things...but I finally got them done the day before I left for the Intense/3800 Gathering.....

Anyway on to the Build details

FX-R 3.0 Low Beams
FX-R 1.1 (Front Half) High Beams
Gatlin Gun Shrouds.......(they didnt fit)
E46-R Shrouds
Morimoto D2S 5000K
XB Led 60mm (for the highbeam)
XBA Led's 90mm behind the E46-r's
Cadillac Turn Signals

Starting this project, I used the OEM Bonneville Housings from my car.



I quickly realized that the FX-R projector is huge, and will not fit with the reflector in place. That being said mounting would not be possible to the reflector, and will need to be mounted to the Headlight housing.



I went junkyarding for GM Fog Light springs, and used Machine screws to attach.



Top Mounting


Bottom Mounting


Rotation Adjustment




Once the Low Beams were done, it was on to the Highs. Again i realized that there was even LESS room because of the headlight and also what is behind the headlight. I still wanted the Look, and the FX-R is a BiXenon (as well as the fog lights) I decided to use just the front half of a FX-R 1.1 Projector.

Front


Rear


Because its a Fake projector i still wanted the appearance that it was real. I added a XB Led




Making the Mount for the projector






Painted "chrome" to match the insides of a Projector


Both Projectors mounted in the Housing



Now onto the turnsignal. I never was in love with the exposed bulb look when the Orange was removed from the Headlights.


So i set out on a mission to do something different. There are a few cars that have headlights that resemble the Bonneville, so i began looking and came across these....



Cadillac STS Headlights....When you dissassemble the STS lights this is the Turnsignal portion


SO began the cutting and hacking to make the STS turnsignal fit in the Bonneville Headlight....







After everything was mocked up, aimed, and re aimed it was time to put on the shrouds.......they didnt fit when I went to install the lense......


I needed a different design of shroud......
I choose the E46-R




Painted and Finished Turnsignal


With the Headlight Trim





and the FINAL PRODUCT

These headlights look amazing in person, great job on these!

crash93ssei wrote:These headlights look amazing in person, great job on these!

I couldn't agree more! Awesome job on this retrofit Pat! Now you know we're all waiting for output and cutoff pics!

AMAZING! great write-up! Thanks for sharing, even though I may never have the opportunity to take advantage of it, I loved reviewing the write-up. - BC

Awesome job but where are the night time pics?????

Those look sweet!

Hell Yea!

I had to do essentially the same thing to install the Morimoto Mini H1's in the low beam spot, though I didn't go as far as to retain the adjustment capability and the Mini Gatling shroud was able to fit with no issues. I also used a lot more epoxy to fill and seal the gaps

Very clean swap, looks amazing in person!

Nice I mean really badass I approve so much

that is sweet, great job on those.

that is so cool! i love bonnevilles.. for real.. theres so many little things you can do.. and people respect them. i love it, and i love being apart of this forum.. i love those lights man.. im definitely jealous. care to make a second pair and ill buy them?? (;

I really like them! I think it gives the headlights an updated look without being too obvious and distracting from the rest of the car!

I'm so jealous. I still really want to do one in Penny. Those turn signals came out particularly cool.

Do you have any output pics?

I have been trying to find a white flat surface to get some cutoff pics..... the amount of blue/purple is insane