I have a ke55 sedan with square lights and a 1979 ke55 coupe with round light, i took everything off both and it was going well, i checked that the round from the 79 would fit the 80 and it did, sweet, then it came to the square onto the round and dammit needed the little supports from the 80.

 

is the only way to do it to get the supports off the 80 and weld em in place on the coupe?

The square head lights should have a bolt on extension bracket to bring the lights further forward. Swap these with the square lights and you should be set. :)

Its doable. But I think it sounds familiar...

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...st&p=175616

 

lOl. What I did with mine is carefully snapped the welds off and pop riveted the brackets to the radiator support panel of the hardtop.

sounds riveting.....bad joke couldnt resist.

 

how did you line up the mounts? just by estimation?

I look photos from the car they came off before I removed them, then I also used the grille with the headlights on them to line them up too.

with your experience whats the best way to snap the welds off? thin screwdriver and wiggle??

:) Thats what I did. Just try to separate it slowly. If your too rough it will tear

any other complications gonna arise? is it tricky to rivet?

Um... NO!!!! You drill a hole and pop rivet it into place, Most of the time while removing the brackets, the center will form a hole where the spot weld is. So all you have to do is drill a hole in the radiator support panel.

done! except, the first light i did is sort of off centre. the rivets don't hold it tight enough and the brackets droop down. it annoys me, ill probly have to try and rip the rivets out and do it again with bigger ones

About $30 at your local tool provider will buy you a spot weld drill or a "zip cut" as they are sometimes called. Much cleaner and easier than breaking the spot weld.

dang. that woulda been useful. thanks redwarf

Well do you have pics??