I bought a 99 eclipse front bumper for my 95 Talon, its not here yet but I understand the 95 headlights will be overlapped by the 99 front bumper. I was wondering how bad is it? Can the bumper be shaved a little to make it fit or is it to bad? Just wonderin, itll be a couple months b4 I wanna spend money on the new headlights.

LAST EDITED ON 06-Nov-01 AT 03:08 PM (PST)

hmmm

the 95 lights will overlap the bumper, so you can cut the bumper, but the bumper is urethane so if you mess up . . .
i have a pic with the 95 lights on 97 bumper, email me and i;ll try to find it

javi d
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Arent the 97 headlights the bigger ones though? So wouldnt there be a larger gap?

97 are more recessed than the 95-96 lights. Cutting urethane is hard, and it melts if you use a high speed cutter. I cut one in half and it was really hard to cut straight.

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Anyone got a comparison pic?

i have a pic of 98 lights on a 95, trust me it looks like crap, too busy to upload now, sorry

javi d
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98 lights on a 95? You mean 95 lights on a 98 bumper? THats wht we're talking about

Yeah we know.

I think your talking about putting the 99 bumper on your car while keeping your 95 lights right?? If so I have seen an eclipse on campus with a set up like that and it really isnt that bad. The space for the 97+ headlights is bigger than the 95 headlights so there is a slight gap on the inner part of both headlights that is like half in inch in width.

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Are you sure? I had always thought the 97-99 headlights were smaller, so I was thinkin my 95s wouldnt fit with a 97-99 bumper. Are you sure the 97-99 headlights are bigger?

im sure



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you people call yourselves enthusisasts and you can't even tell the differnece with the lights

javi d
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I've always had a 97 and up bumper with my 95 lights...


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Ok so let me make sure one more time. my 95 headlights will work completely with a 97-99 bumper? At the worst there will be a gap leftover, but definately enough room? if you look at the headlights, it looks like the 97-99s end sooner on the inside than the 95 headlights. im just making sure. id rather have a gap than have to buy new headlights. thanks yo

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there will be no gap, your 95 headlight (towards the inside of the car) will be behind the center part of the bumper.
You may have to trim a little to get it 2 fit perfectly...

The bumper will over lap the headlight a little..

hope this helps?!?



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Ok so its not really bad tho? Nothing major that will elave the bumper laying in the garage till i get new headlights?

well its urethane, not easy to cut and if you mess up you're screwed

javi d
vroom n' boom

I think this is what the overlap will look like. It's a 95 GSX with a body kit.



Here are more pics of the car:
http://www.sounddomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=19878&make_type_query=make=Mitsubishi&model_brand_query=model=Eclipse&tree=Mitsubishi%20Eclipse

oh ok thanks you guys really helped me out