Pretty quiet in here... what are you working on? (3 Viewers)

[rrc swb]

Did you wrap it or just lay some wrapping paper on top? Lmao!
Guessing you didn't use a heat gun, squeegee, and the alcohol/water spray to make it smooth

That was the only pic I took... When I laid the vinyl paper on the hood.

After that, it went downhill quick.

I have all of the tools needed to do the work. (heat gun, squeegee, exacto knife, alcohol/water spray, etc).

I was doing it on my own and didn't noticed it moved on me.

 

[MyLandy]

Yeah, I tried to do window tint once when I was a kid. I got so frustrated I ended up balling it up like a wad of paper.

 

[rrc swb]

Yeah, I tried to do window tint once when I was a kid. I got so frustrated I ended up balling it up like a wad of paper.

I've done tinted glass before... This is a lot different.

But the outcome was the same.

 

[MyLandy]

I hope "different" doesn't mean harder

 

[rrc swb]

I hope "different" doesn't mean harder

I was doing it alone... You need a second set of hands.

Tinted windows is a POC compared to wrapping.

 

[kevin in okinawa]

Waiting for partsouq to work through their shipping backlog and send me my motor mount.

 

[iptman]

I'm thinking about driving my 40 out to Cincinnati in September so I've been driving it around a lot lately to shake out any issues. The one thing that's dreadfully poor are the headlights. I've had this Toyota H4 conversion kit on the shelf for a couple years and finally decided to install it. As you'd expect from a Toyota kit like this it went in easily and worked without a hitch. The only thing I had to do was round out the ring terminal on the negative connection. The instructions said to use dielectric grease on all the connections and for some reason my aerosol tube of it wouldn't squirt out so I made a trip to Napa to pick another up. As I'm buttoning everything up my 4 year finds and asks me what this little white tooth paste tube looking thing is. Of course Toyota put a little tube a dielectric grease in the kit. Looking forward to a night time test drive to see how much better these Koito H4 are than the knockoff Westinghouse/Wagner combo I had in there before. For about $35 this kit is a heck of a deal.

 

[shmukster]

I love that setup on my 40. It's ridiculously inexpensive, well made and easy to install. Much better lighting than the halogens it replaced.

 

[afgman786]

You'll be pleased with the difference they make. I sure was

 

[iptman]

The only thing I don't like is that they stick out a little more than the OEM head lights.

 

[Jakes40]

I have 1/2 the IPF kit they don’t stick out as far. Didn’t get the relays but it was free.

 

[iptman]

Same profile pic just for posterity...

 

[HoundDog]

Just watched a vid today by profits resurrections and they mention a hack to get rid of the bug eye look. Gotta weld a sheet metal ring in the headlight housings to deepen it.

 

[shmukster]

Same profile pic just for posterity...

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Patrick actually your headlight surround isn't supposed to be bolted against the bib. Factory uses spacers behind it to keep it about 3/16" away from the bib. That's part of the reason your lenses protrude so much.

 

[Jakes40]

I was thinking that also but That’s only going to get him an extra 16th of an inch.

 

[iptman]

This is what I got... Something I did wrong?

 

[76FJ40]

There should be a rubber spacer between the bib and the bezel. Short pieces of fuel line will work well. That's why your bezel is scratching the bib.

 

[iptman]

Ahh....gotcha. I was thinking Gary meant the chrome ring around the headlight.

 

[shmukster]

Four rubber spacers on the four bolts that secure the headlight bezel to the bib.

 

[iptman]

Thanks Gary. I'll see if I can find those part numbers.