Need headlight assembly. plz help

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monkyc

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Hey guys, I bought my 2003 firebolt xb9r back in februrary. I was going to change the light bulbs because they seemed dim at night. When removing the headlight i found PIAA bulbs in there, but unfortunately the headlight assembly hi & low were cracked and need chaging(they are the original that had a factory recall)
Does anyone know of a cheap place that delivers to Canada(calgary alberta) where i could get them or have an assembly for sale? My lenses are in good shape but the housings are pooched. Harley quoted me close to $500. Way too much $$$
Please help
 
thanks mark,
how much fabrication did they take to fit? did the mounting holes line up? Im an electrican so a little bit of wiring is no big deal
 
http://www.headlightplugs.com/9005.plastic.html

here are the connectors you need. I happen to work in a shop that has these on the shelf, so i didnt need to pay for them. just solder and heat shrink and i was done. this part was straight forwarward.

the lights themselves. to mount properly the way they were designed you need to make a new bracket to mount as designed. They are ment to sit behind the bracket and they come with springs that sandwitch them in.

I didnt do this, I mounted mine directly to the bracket. the low beam mount holes are just a bit off from the originals so i drilled new holes and nut and bolted them. the high beam holes were exactly the same as the stockers, so the screws supplied worked fine for those. A dremmel was used to trim a bit of plastic here to let them sit flush.

Here is the thing with the supplied screws, ther are self tappers so the holes in the lights need to be drilled bigger so the screws can pass right through.

for the low beam with the offset holes, your drilling into the flat part of the plastic housing so there was not enough plastic to just use the supplied screws, i used 2" screws with flat washers and nuts. That looked strong enough for me.

All in all not hard at all, and as an electritian I would imagine you have had to solve more than a few mounting problems with a variety of home lighting so i think you will be more than qualified to figure things out. You just need to decide if you wish to make a new bracket to mount as designed, or make the stock one work.

Do yourself a favor and take it for a ride around the neighborhood at night before you put the nose back on to ensure the low beam is pointed high enough. I didnt do this and now i must remove mine again to aim the light.

I have been meaning to take some pic's and post them.... maybe tomorow
 
i just had the same problem, but my local HD sold me both headlight housings for $95 US. While i was at it i did the dual hi-beam mod too. now i can see very well at night.
 
Clarson, are those housings plastic? I will never trust the plastic housings again. After seeing what my original housings look like on the inside; i would think its just a matter of time before they would go dim again... Just my opinion.
 
Thanks guys, I will try harley again and double check that he had the right part/price. otherwise a mod might be in order
 
well here is what these look like done
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this is the top view, you can see the different shape from the low beam to the high beam
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here is the high beam side with the supplied screws
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here is the low beam side with the nuts and bolts
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