Update pics on page 3 and more on page 8

Let the madness begin . I will just post all my updates in this thread instead of making several new ones .

**In short for those who didnt see the last post , Im taking the internals of the Bi-Xenon Astra headlamp and adapting them to cobalt headlamp housing .






PHOTOSHOPPED pic of how it will look when done .....hopefully ...GULP


THE REAL DEAL ADDED 8/10

 

I'm at a loss for words. That is just too sick.

 

Damn...I was hoping that the Astra lights would just fit right into are stock headlight spot.

 

is there any way i can get a set of those also?

 

When you get that finished, you are going to have the sexiest cobalt headlights ever. I really wish I had the time and money to play with something like this right now. That is awesome. Are you gonna try to hook up the movable projectors??

 

I bet you can order them from a Saturn dealer.

 

That is rediculously complicated . The astra has sensors in all the shocks , a special steering column and other sensors that all go thru one controller and all tied to GMLAN . Never gonna happen I am gonna attempt to wire in a 4-way power window switch to manually adjust the projectors thru the electric controllers . It would be a breeze to aim them if that works . I need to see if Hella will give with the full wiring skematic for the controller though . I have a rough skematic , but its confusing .

EDIT Update - I tried this and cant even get the DC motors to work manually . Hella has the DC motors set up to understand GM's electronics . 12v will not power them . From what I can understand a 12 volt reference goes to the AFL controller via the BCM , then is stepped up to a pulsed 24volts to power the motor .


The Lamps that look exactly like this on the Saturn version of the astra will not have bi-xenon projectors . It was replaced with a manual adjuster and halogen projector .

Thanks for the postive comments , this will with a BITCH

 

seems like those will be fun fitting in there! lol

Good luck with em man. Did you fire em up yet?

 

Those are gona look sick, the look like the same size as the stock cobalt headlights. Cant wait to see the final pix!

later

 

wow....veryy nice

 

Absolutely awesome.....they look spectacular. Good luck!

 

those are really nice. fire them up and post pics.

 

wow, they are so nice. Cant wait to see them on ur car.

 

those are sexy, if u dont mind me asking, how much did u pay for em?

 

All i can say is good luck and if you get it right you wanna do a pare for me?!!!!

 

Converted to US dollars , I paid $135 for the pair ....plus $89 shipping fron the UK . Completely awesome considering I got the complete lamps , the ballasts , DS2 bulbs , the active forward lighting controllers ect ect . I got them on Ebaymotors.co.uk . Hint hint on wheels too on the Euro Ebay ...Opel uses 5x110 . Theres some cool different wheels to choose from over the US offerings .

Jimmy and DC - As soon as I get the wiring figured out . Im trying to get "competent" wiring diagram for these lights . I did contact Hella , there who manufactued it . All the wiring is internal to the headlight . Theres an assload of wires for the swilvel projector base that looks like its mixed in . The ballasts and AFL controllers acutally plug into the headlamp base and theres only 1 external connector to power the lamp .

Shermen- I would love to , I really like doing stuff like this ....but time is my enemy . Its probably gonna take me a month working on and off to get my set done

Thanks for the comments . Im about to pull the lens off one of the Astra lights and see just whats in store

 

what was the key search that you put in to find the lamps

 

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good luck with these lights...

 

Can't wait

 

Sweet! Can't wait to see what they look like on the car!!

 

hmmmmmmmmmmm cant wait!

 

Do those headlights have the bulb power units in the housing or a seperate unit?

 

Quick question.. did you ever consider gutting out the Astra headlights and swapping the internals into the Cobalt's housing? That may help fitment if it works...

 

did you bother to read the first post?

 

Man thats going to look good!

I cant wait to see them when there done.

Later