PIPES GLORIOUS PIPES!

Before I get to the pipes first I got the headlights installed this week. It’s quite a few pieces and steps that make up the headlights and then throw in the additional wiring.

First there’s the hole you have to cut. The 2 larger outer holes position the headlight bucket.

Next step is mounting the headlight bucket.

Here it is mounted. It already comes with the headlight connector installed but the other end doesn’t have a connector. That’s what I spent the rest of the weekend finishing off was the headlight, front marker and tail light connections. It should have been a simple connector install. But for some reason Factory Five decided one connector per corner was all that’s needed. That  would be great if you never planned on removing any lights, but once you connect both lights to a single connector it’s sorta trapped in the body. So a bit of time was spent changing out connectors so that each light has it’s own connection and can be easily removed if needed.

The actual head light. I had to mount the bracket that’s around the edge of the light.

And here it is installed. The 2 black screws at 12:00 and 9:00 are the adjustment screws to align the headlights.

And finally with the trim ring.

She’s got eyes.

I also mounted the trunk lid. First shot needed a bit of adjustment. The black circle is where I’m supposed to cut a hole for the passenger side roll bar.

The hinges provide quite a few different ways to adjust it. Too bad the trunk is too small for me to fit in and set it, so I had to do it the old trial and error approach.

I finally got it close enough for now. I need to trim the edges as it’s oversized on purpose so that it can be fitted once everything is in place.

I also got the gas cap mounted. Now that’s a gas cap!

Did I mention pipes, oh yea the side pipes. Actually I said PIPES GLORIOUS PIPES. If you’ve never heard Bill Cosby’s piece on getting a car from Carol Shelby you need to look it up. You can just google Bill Cosby 200 MPH.

NICE!