Vigor headlight swap

[wherm]

This is an old post, but due to increasing interest in the vigor swap, I have done a write-up on it and you can find it here:

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=124274

[Gen4Acclude]

looks really good man how hard wasthe swap u should do a diy write up on it

[Mr_Doitagain]

Looks good man...... I was going 2 do it on my ride.... Just don't have the time or the pig tails...lol

[accordaffair]

Looks really good man, have you seen rebels old white car?

[wherm]

Looks really good man, have you seen rebels old white car?

I think I might have seen it, I've seen a white accord with that swap, probably on this site.

When I found out that the conversion was possible, I was led to believe that the headlights bolted up just like the accord headlights and all you had to do was modify the hood and fab up a grill. So to answer the question regarding how difficult it was, it was harder than I thought but not too terrible. I had to do a lot of trimming to get them to fit properly. I also had to make new mounting points since the old ones weren't even close. I started with the driverside and it was trim, fit, trim, fit, over and over till it fit snug into the opening. I had to prime and paint all the cuts so that they won't rust. Once that side was done, I knew how much I had to trim on the passenger side so it went faster. I've got about 6-7 hours into it so far. All I have to do yet is repaint the hood. I'm going to fix all the rock chips in the hood at the same time.

As for the pigtails someone mentioned, my headlights came with the headlight harnesses on them. That was really nice cause only the parking light plug on my car was the same. The wires were cut about 3-5 inces from the plug so there was plenty of wire for me to splice. I cut my plugs off and wired the new ones on. I put an amber (194A) bulb into the corners for my parking lights, and since my aftermarket bumper does not allow for turn signals, I used the inner yellow fog lights as my turn signals.

I wish I had my camera on me at work so I could have taken pictures as I went, but if I ever get a chance, I'll take it apart and snap pics for a diy write up. Until then, feel free to pm me for more specific details.

Thanks

[A18A]

pure hotness!

[ROB_IN_A_CB7]

shyt looks great im really feeling it

[4cylforever]

wow that looks so bad ass i really want to do that

[Ralphie]

Yea man i love that setup. When i first found this site i saw that and i was like oooooo. lala!!!

Great job!!! Really clean!!

more pics when you get a chance.

[midnightpearl91]

That is a super clean conversion! Everything lines up and looks like its factory, only cooler!

[sublime]

front end looks mean, nice dude.

[Mr_Doitagain]

I love it man... when are you going 2 put up more pics?

[wherm]

Thread revived!!!

Hey guys, don't know why, but for a long time I was unable to post on this site. For whatever reason I can post again, so I'll revive this thread with a link to some updates. The link in the first post works, but the pics are gone. Check out this link!

http://www.accordinglydone.com/forum...ad.php?t=15343

Thanx!

[yblegal08]

very interesting....looks good though.

[JoshM]

Those are definitely lookin nice on your cb. Good job!