Headlight conduit

[rooster57]

Well i ment to post this a while back for you fellow cheapskates like me . I ordered some headlight looms from speedway for cheap and they were just that , But i didnt want to pay 100 clams for headlight conduit. SO this is the deal they say "can NOT be bent beyond 90 degrees" i think they ment 45 deg. Any way my way for what its worth is to remove the plasticliner from the center of the conduit and cut two 1 inch pieces from it and install the two pieces in each end this will hold the braided part in the alum fittings for each end. Then i uses THHN it has a thermol plastic coating and Wil Not be abrased by the conduit . And inside with the headlight wires i slid a piece of solid number 14 copper this allowed me to form the conduit however i wanted and it would stay where i put it . And not Rub my shineys. I hope this is usefull.

 

[Youngster]

Good post Rooster!!!

Ron

 

[Telman2]

That's a great idea Rooster .

 

[Ceec]

The conduits on the woody T were made from 3/8th inch chrome copper toilet plumbing using a Pep Boys throwaway bender. $2.71 I think at Home Depot. Haven't thrown away the bender yet. :lol:

Cecil

 

[LKE]

The headlight conduits on my car are more hardware store parts. The chromed brass hose off a sink sprayer. Moen I think LOL....

 

[rooster57]

The braded hose is easy to come by, its the fittings on the end that make it look like a custom job or a plumbing job.

 

[dovehunter79]

The headlight conduits on my car are more hardware store parts. The chromed brass hose off a sink sprayer. Moen I think LOL....

do you have handy pictures easily accessible?


Tim, those look really nice!!!

 

[LKE]

The braded hose is easy to come by, its the fittings on the end that make it look like a custom job or a plumbing job.

Actually the fittings on the end make it big & bulky, and looking store bought. Don't confuse something you took out of a box as custom.

Sorry crappy cel phone pic :lol:

 

[Phil55]

I know most of you won't have access to it but the armored cable from an old pay phone headset works great...I use to work for the Old Bell System....

 

[rooster57]

I think i was refering to a bulkhead situation where a transition is needed . A hose through a hole is clean but not always possible. So if you use the fitting out of the box or turn something on a lathe it will look more custom than with no fitting.

 

[blownt]

I used those Speedway braided hose conduits. Wish you could buy just the billet ends and then use some scrap pieces of braided hose. I drilled my headlite buckets for one end. Then I drilled a hole in the outer side of the frame for the fitting. Then I drilled a bigger hole on the inside of the frame so a socket would fit to tighten the nut. I also removed the plastic liner inside the hose.

 

[rooster57]

Yea if you leave an inch of plastic in each end it will stay in the fitting and be more plyable in the middle.