• Only road-legal Aston Martin Vulcan in the world - by RML Group
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I really don't want to say the added headlights look [I]worse[/I], the work they've done here is stunning, and the way they kept their design consistent with the rest of the styling is absolutely brilliant, but the original, "faceless" look of the Vulcan is absurdly cool-looking [t]https://images.hgmsites.net/med/aston-martin-vulcan-2015-goodwood-festival-of-speed_100516678_m.jpg[/t] I'm terrified of sounding like I'm trying to put these guys' work down, lol. Obviously they weren't trying to make it look cooler than the original, just have it geared towards a different purpose, and they clearly succeeded in that
Hmm had assumed with the efficiency of today's leds the original lights would've sufficed for road certification with minor modification. Any real reason for the big lights in terms of certification? I know he mentioned how it needs to have dip/main beams but the McLaren 720s managed to get away with it with such tiny lights.
[QUOTE=adam1172;53010956]Hmm had assumed with the efficiency of today's leds the original lights would've sufficed for road certification with minor modification. Any real reason for the big lights in terms of certification? I know he mentioned how it needs to have dip/main beams but the McLaren 720s managed to get away with it with such tiny lights.[/QUOTE] The tiny lights might be effective enough to be legal, but that's because the legal minimum requirements are something meant for JUST allowing [I]over half a century old[/I] economy shitboxes with garbage lights to still be legal. It's really REALLY recommended to spec the light output to the highest legal limit since this is a really fucking fast car after all, and that's most likely not doable with the tiny lights, at least not with long term life of the LED's taken into account.
[QUOTE=adam1172;53010956]Hmm had assumed with the efficiency of today's leds the original lights would've sufficed for road certification with minor modification. Any real reason for the big lights in terms of certification? I know he mentioned how it needs to have dip/main beams but the McLaren 720s managed to get away with it with such tiny lights.[/QUOTE] I think it has to do with the height of the headlights more so than the size. It was the whole reason why pop-up headlights were so common in sports cars
Really impressive bit of conversion, its nice how minimal they've managed to make it look and those front end modifications seriously look factory.
Watching the guy wrestle with the steering on a back country British road shows just how stiff the damn thing is. You'd have to make a daily routine with your chiropractor to shove your spine back up your anus and into position after driving this thing for more than 5 minutes off a track. While it's a beautiful piece of machinery, I'd [i]never[/i] want to live with it.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;53010898]I really don't want to say the added headlights look [I]worse[/I], the work they've done here is stunning, and the way they kept their design consistent with the rest of the styling is absolutely brilliant, but the original, "faceless" look of the Vulcan is absurdly cool-looking [t]https://images.hgmsites.net/med/aston-martin-vulcan-2015-goodwood-festival-of-speed_100516678_m.jpg[/t] I'm terrified of sounding like I'm trying to put these guys' work down, lol. Obviously they weren't trying to make it look cooler than the original, just have it geared towards a different purpose, and they clearly succeeded in that[/QUOTE] The headlights on it are basically running lights. I've yet to see how well they actually do during night time. The lights they put into the hood are horrid.
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