HEadlight guards on Sale

Does anyone know if those would fit over Hella Euro Style lights ?  

I have these. Don't use them. You have to remove the glass.

These appear to be stamped. Mine are cast. They MAY fit over the glass. I'd ask about that.

Thanks Jim

IaM-Ray - even with the Hella head lights you are still using the OEM glass?  So I'd think they'd fit.  I have the Euro 911 glass lens and sure it would not fit them.

@IaM-Ray posted:

Does anyone know if those would fit over Hella Euro Style lights ?  

I got mine a couple months ago from resto-bus-parts.myshopify.com and they're real quality product....made by AAC in England. They were EASILY installed and I didn't have to "touch" the glass at all. Resto-Bus-Parts is in Arkansas.

Just realize that those grills, while they look cool, cut down the amount of light produced by 25%.  Jus’ sayin’

Thanks for the link . very nice info and Wolf that green in the picture looks very nice.

25% wow interesting.

I have those grilles on my headlights, and I haven't noticed any decrease in light projection.  I also don't have Euro style headlights.  They hook under the rim at the top.  I do like the look.

Ray.  The ones you show are the stamped ones, as mentioned above.  Mine are cast - more substantial and better looking, IMHO.

Bob, all your powder coating is pretty nice and those driving lights add a lot I am sure to the visability of the road in your evening country drives.

I was thinking about getting these but my euro lights may not allow them to fit and I would want a better quality like those NAPA suggested.

@Napa Paul posted:

I got mine a couple months ago from resto-bus-parts.myshopify.com and they're real quality product....made by AAC in England. They were EASILY installed and I didn't have to "touch" the glass at all. Resto-Bus-Parts is in Arkansas.

@Napa Paul very nice but I think you have the standard lights not the euro lights if you look below on my car they bulge out.

Here is a better pict

Ray.  Those grilles won't fit over your headlights.

I have no glass in mine.

@IaM-Ray posted:

@Napa Paul very nice but I think you have the standard lights not the euro lights if you look below on my car they bulge out.

Here is a better pict

Could be...and I also had concerns about them fitting mine. That's why I called the owner and asked about returning for a full refund if they didn't work. This Seller assured me that was no problem and, of course, I'd get my money back. He was very easy to work with - his name was Juan.

Nice, are your lights hella euro’s

Ray, I REALLY like how Henry did the dual radiators on your car. Slick and hidden.

@Napa Paul posted:

Could be...and I also had concerns about them fitting mine. That's why I called the owner and asked about returning for a full refund if they didn't work. This Seller assured me that was no problem and, of course, I'd get my money back. He was very easy to work with - his name was Juan.

BTW: I plan to install the Vintage Car LED's (VC4000 7 inch LED) with the German Hella H4 lens and Thomas (very responsive and helpful) at Vintage Cars tell me my existing grates should fit fine. When I collect enough coins from the sofa to buy the headlight kit and finish the project, I'll Post the outcome. If anyone'd like to drop by for some fine Napa wine, please do...and sit in my sofa.

@DannyP posted:

Ray, I REALLY like how Henry did the dual radiators on your car. Slick and hidden.

Thanks Danny, when I decided to build a new car my goal was to get a real trunk so we worked on it together and I even calculated the area of rad coverage on a regular Impreza.  Henry mocked up the concept in the body and we got them done, version two has even Better plumbing.  
We also had to find a fan that would not be too thick even that took us a few tries eventually I found one. The gas tank came next. It was a lot of fun actually, I probably drove him crazy

i think its called a frunk,,,,a trunk in the front

Looks like the rad I used in Bridget. Honda Civic?

Yes I wanted a FRUNK, and the rads are custom made to fit the size and thickness Ed.  I would imagine one could probably source out a stock rad and have it modified but now a days they will ask you for a VIN #  before they can find you a part.  You know they are all boxed up and you can't see them

Ray.  How is the airflow to those radiators?  Do the fans come on while driving, or just when idling?

My oil coolers are in the exact same locations.

The front is the best place for any radiator for sure  and an oil cooler is much smaller than a water radiator most times.

Essentially, this is how it works on my car.

The original ECU from Subie has fan controls that IM uses to turn on the fans at specific temperatures and they control the two fan speeds.   Also FYI, if the AC if switched on then the fans will automatically go on high speed to pull more air through the rad and the AC condenser, as both are sandwiched one on top of the other because I have two rads and two condensers.

At highway speeds, since there is a metal scoop edge that leads from under the rad , which is shown in this picture yellow highlight, the air forces it's way up into the rad and it cools well.  Even, in a 100 degree day at 70-75 mph when the temp can get in the higher range I have never had an issue.

Additionally, at idle, I have an auxiliary water pump that kicks in below 1500 rpm, after you come off the freeway the temp could be in the higher range  In the summer, at idle the pump comes on most times.

BTW, I also used Evans coolant, a non water based coolant, it is a lifetime coolant and boil at 340 degrees fahrenheit and goes to minus 42F to prevent any hot spots on engine shutdown and save the headgaskets on the heads plus I did not want to change coolant in 35 feet of loops.

I have learned from talking to Carey at Carlisle that every builder has his ways of building liquid cooled cars.  I know they use to use auxiliary pumps put now have developped different plumbing methods, maybe also piping size all factors that effect cooling of the engine.

Finally, last year or so I bought a cylinder head temp gauge from down under, which also has a tranny temp sensor.   I installed them and have been logging the temps on cold days hot days etc.  It is facinating when you have data to confirm the state of your cars cooling and when you can see how the temps change with load, no load, idle, high speed runs and as well as hot summer days.  There are some variabilities but all within operating range, if your building your own this kind of guage would be IMO handy to confirm your choices of cooling methods rather than rely on the temp guage on the dash.

Enough said.

Ray