Headlight conversion

25LW4U

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So, I have 1 piece lights on my coupe. I'm going to 2 piece headlights, and just wanted to check if they'll bolt straight in? I've already got one fender, I'm gonna grab the other one as well, and I was gonna grab the front bar (its a silver MR one, which is what I'm after). Reckon I'll need anything else?
 
Figured I'd post my findings in case someone else needs this info.
2 piece headlights mount to the front of the radiator support, and bolt to the inside of the fenders. If you're looking to do this, you'll need both fenders as the 1 piece fenders don't have the necessary holes to mount them.
Also, if you have a 1 piece and are looking to replace just your fender, make sure you get them from a Lancer that also has 1 piece lights, as the indicator plugs foul on the inner fender.
I'll leave this post up in case there are any questions, seeing as I couldn't find any info on here initially.
 
Ahhhh i forgot to reply to this.
You've covered it pretty well - the main/only diferrence between the two front guard from a 1piece / 2piece headlight car is that one of the guards has a weird little loop mounting bit that youve picked up on that the indicator plug fouls on. You can safety cut this out of the way, to mix and match the headlights to the guards
 
Ahhhh i forgot to reply to this.
All good man, figured I'd just go for it and figure it out.
While I've got you here, I have a quick question about the fog lights.
I've got a GLi, but I've just thrown an MR bar on with foggies in it. There were plugs for them in the wiring harness up front, so theoretically I should be able to throw a factory fog light switch in and they'll work right? I havent really investigated the wiring, but I figured if the harness is there then it should be plug and play.
 
I literally just had this conversation with @Haidz yesterday lol.

Some cars had the full loom, some did not, and its all by chance. You will need the relay under the dash as well at a minimum, and usually there is a missing fuse.

I have an 03 Mirage with half the loom, so i just made up my own with an OEM foglight switch, switch plugs, and the foglight plugs, as it was way easier than trying to find the wiring behind the dash
 
Some cars had the full loom, some did not, and its all by chance. You will need the relay under the dash as well at a minimum, and usually there is a missing fuse.

I thought the relay was in the engine bay with the rest of the relays/fuses
 
I thought the relay was in the engine bay with the rest of the relays/fuses
nope, some fuses and relays are under the dash next to the BCM. Not sure exactly why, maybe to reduce the length of the wire runs and space..
 
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