IC: morette headlights

[ryanblacksvt]

These are exactly what I want.. listed for the IMPREZA WRX - MY 01 on their site.

I am sorry to be a downer but those are fugly

 

[Suba Blu]

all the Subaru people are attempting to talk me out of them as well. LOL

 

[ryanblacksvt]

I would listen to them, they just look hideous and your subie deserves better. I love your subie but if you put those on it:nonono:

 

[Suba Blu]

you havent seen it in sometime... it looks nothing like what was posted last year.

 

[ryanblacksvt]

:shrug: Ok soooooooo post some pics:shrug:

 

[Suba Blu]

ok, here is a fasty for ya of my "Street Queen"

 

[2000SE]

ok, here is a fasty for ya of my "Street Queen"

Gorgeous :drool:

 

[ryanblacksvt]

Holy! That is sooooooooooo hot:drool: Dont ruin it with those tails.

 

[95pgt-t]

you really know how to make a car look its best:drool:

 

[Suba Blu]

And Pole thought I was crazy with buying that year just so I could later buy morettes

BTW -- next up is performance mods... stage 2 is getting ordered later this week

 

[Brent372]

Go ahead and flame me all you want, but I don' like 'em....

 

[Andyj00svt]

Wow. That is a nice WRX.

 

[Project SVT]

i wish this were available. some people pulled out in front of me and i almost stopped in time and just barely hit em, but i need a new driverside headlight..

 

[BloodyTomFlint]

"Street Queen"

I thought of tranny hookers when I read that. My mind is perpetually in the gutter.

 

[teamSVTour]

so can we get a status update on this?

 

[Big Daddy Kane]

Forgotten about again?

Forgotten about again?

You heard Mikey's story, now here's mine:

So yeah, just got back from S&K Tuning where they did more test fitting.

Harold tells me some interesting things about Mike's car and Contours in General.

Seems Mike's car itself isn't quite proportional, which caused the lights to be quite a bit off. That and all 3 Contour bumpers they've looked at were fitted different. So they're trying to work that one out and back to the drawing board!

Harold was telling me that the NHTSA is killing them. The lights are apparantly too bright and exceed the maximum distance a headlight can illuminate

So for you guys, they are gonna have to put a relay in to where the low beams cut off when you turn on the high beams (ala GM style).

After all that, they were experimenting with using some bright LEDs for turn signals, but alas, the NHTSA says it has to be 4" square. So on the SRT-4, they tried 4" square of LEDs... can you guess the outcome? Too bright! Damn NHTSA

Supposedly they had the TUV, NHTSA, and whatever is the Japanese regulation place all meet up in a single room to discuss different regulations and how they can comprimse.

Canadians can get whatever Morette decides to make! You can have the Euro cut off with all 4 beams operating... Lucky!

Good news is that the light assemblies are a direct swap with the Mondeo ones, if you wish to have the Euro sharp cutoff.

They also sell HID assemblies that can go in there

Only thing is he said they are about $600 on top of whatever they will cost (didn't have info on that).

So anyway, enough blabbing, here's the pics:


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Damn 10 pic limit... to be continued!

 

[Big Daddy Kane]

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High beam Euro assembly:

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Low beam Euro assembly:


Note that I only posted the Morette specific pics here, for the other pics I took, go here...

Funny thing was a little Renault came in for S&K to swap out their stock headlights for some aftermarket ones. Harold and the other guy (never caught his name) were laughing about them b/c they were "Taiwanese" lights... They didn't even come with all the parts! Luckily S&K is attached to a Renault dealer, which had the parts (couple pieces of wiring to convert from single to dual lamp and the headlight electric "dim-dip" feature).

So that's one reason why Morettes are a bit more expensive... guess it's like the MSDS/W-R thing... either ya pay more and get a complete set, or gotta hunt for parts later.

Now if the NHTSA would just compromise with em!

Never got the free set like Mikey did, nor did I ever hear back from Harold ever since. Guess they hosed me or something

BTW, last email I ever got from Harold was back in May of 2006 (wow, nearly 2 years ago) with him telling me I would be recieving my set in a couple weeks.

 

[Big Daddy Kane]

I have a couple of questions...

1. I'm assuming that the price does not include the Morette's being painted to match body color?

2. Can the Morette's internals withstand the heat from a 100w bulbs?

3. Can you ask Ryan if just the plastic external Morette cosmetic peice (the part you paint) could be purchased seperatly?

I'll answer these with what I knew back when they test fitted them on my car.

1. doubt it...

2. I'm sure they would, the optics were all glass/metal. Only the surround was supposed to be fiberglass.

3. I asked Harold this, he said no. I think they wouldn't make enough money off just the fiberglass piece, or it wouldn't be worth it for what they need to sell them for to turn a profit.

 

[Suba Blu]

I can buy replacement masks for my Subie so yes, the front mask plate should be available to purchase on its own if they do end up producing a batch.

The units are pieces which are later put together seperately.

see this diagram - they arent cheap though.

the Mondeo and Contour ones are also assembled like above and look the same once pulled apart.

 

[yamaha racer 686]

so i could buy the mondeo front pieces?