Unusual Headlights Found at Bemidji, MN Cars and Coffee

Excited for the event!

If there’s anything I love more than working cars and selling car parts, it’s enjoying the fruits of the hobby and attending events. This past weekend was a beautiful time for outdoor events and I had the pleasure to attend the small Cars & Coffee event in Bemidji, MN. This is their first event so there were only 14 vehicles in attendance, but much fun was had by all! 

Good looking lineup here

Modified/Built Turbo rotary engine in the flat-blue Mazda RX-7.

This 1991 Acura NSX was a lot of fun to see at the show. Super clean and modified just enough to be cooler than stock.

The weather was beautiful for people to come out and show off their pride and joy’s! The green Mustang is supercharged!

Bemidji Cars and Coffee

This S10 was very clean and had a custom-built LS engine installed! Talk about power.

Custom 350z Headlight

There was a great lineup of vehicles including a stock RX7, a highly modified RX7 and a 900hp Oldsmobile Cutlass!

Everybody was welcome at Bemidji C&C, and a few motorcycles showed up!

This Fiero sported custom headlights AND a custom sound system!

Nissan 350z at Bemidji Cars and Coffee

Fiero at Bemidji Cars and Coffee

Custom 350z HID Headlights featuring 3,000K HID bulbs and white city lights.

Nissan 350z with custom HID headlights.

Stock RX7 showed up – very clean!

Fiero and 350z at Cars and Coffee.

Pontiac Fiero with LED Headlights and Daytime Running Lights.

1985 Fiero with LED Headlamps from JW Speaker

LED Projector Headlights from JW Speaker are among the best in the world!

Something that I saw that was really cool that I want to touch on were a couple vehicles in attendance with some very unique and special headlights. First is a 2005 Nissan 350z with 3,000K HID projector headlights and white LED city lights. Second is a 1985 Pontiac Fiero with 5×7″ LED headlights from JW Speaker:

1) This 2005 Nissan 350z came from the factory with stock D2S style HID bulbs and the owner swapped them out with a set of 3,000K (JDM Gold) bulbs. Instead of doing what most people do by going to a more white or blue color, this car went to the opposite side of the spectrum for a golden look. The cool part about it though was the contrast between the bright golden (not dingy yellow like stock lights) and the bright white LED city light in the corner. It makes it look very original and creates a dual-headlight illusion from further away. The LED bulbs (5-LED 194 Style bulbs by GTR Lighting) are very bright and reflect off the inside of the housing nicely.

Custom 350z HID Headlights featuring 3,000K HID bulbs and white city lights.

Nissan 350z with custom HID headlights.

2) A surprise at the show was this 1985 Pontiac Fiero, which originally came fitted with H6054 sealed beam headlights, was now sporting a pair of JW Speaker #8900 LED headlights. These 5×7″ housings are a direct plug and play for the original lamps and are both high tech and stylish. The top/center projector focuses one high power LED for the low beam function and the lower two projectors focus another set of high power LED chips for the high beam function.

1985 Fiero with LED Headlamps from JW Speaker

Pontiac Fiero with LED Headlights

Pontiac Fiero with LED Headlights and Daytime Running Lights.

All in all it was a great day for the event and it was even more fun to see the creative lighting products displayed by the attendees! Can’t wait until next time!