HEADLIGHT housings for beach buggies

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 27 Dec 2003, 9:17 pm

#123900

Where do you buy headlight housing/units for buggies ?

what is best to use, rubber or steel ?

I have seen nice chrome ones bought from a motor bike shop used, but I thought they may crack after continual offroading etc
I think Hella make a rubber one used on bulldozers, are these good !:jesus

daz67 Qld Manx

627 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Dec 2003, 8:30 am

#123968

Quote:"I have seen nice chrome ones bought from a motor bike shop used, but I thought they may crack after continual offroading etc "
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My Headlights are about the only original thing left on my Buggy, they must be over thirty years old still good.

It only gets driven on Sundays though!!!!!

www.reddogearthmoving.com.au

handycam king of something

1,338 posts · joined Oct 2003 · 30 Dec 2003, 7:37 pm

#124621

i would like 2 no 2 do thay make a light caseing in steal 2 take a standard seal beam or light insert??? 🙂:thumb

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 30 Dec 2003, 8:02 pm

#124626

Anything at the Manx club??
www.manxclub.org
:bounce

tssnq.com.au

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Dec 2003, 9:23 pm

#124656

Mick H wrote:Anything at the Manx club??
www.manxclub.org
:bounce

Will do in teh new year.. be around $250 complete with H4 inserts for members and $900 for non members :P

Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australia

manxed69 Officially Full-On Dubber

211 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Dec 2003, 9:37 pm

#124668

Mine are sealled beam, and the rust that starting to appear after three years has been thrown in for free. Brad I hope that the ones that your going to offer for sale are alot better than mine.

🙁

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 30 Dec 2003, 10:02 pm

#124686

MAKE IT $1100 FOR NON MEMBERS 😀

handycam king of something

1,338 posts · joined Oct 2003 · 1 Jan 2004, 9:21 am

#125015

i agre now that im a member:thumb

11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 4 Jan 2004, 9:52 am

#125989

I'm using 5 3/4 inch headlights for my manx....I bought chrome spotlights from a 4wd shop and then got H4 inserts for them which has the high & low beams as well as the park light......I prefer the smaller headlights to the 7 inch ones that most buggies are using.

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The_Bronze. Minister of Volkswagenism

1,922 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 11 Jan 2004, 6:17 pm

#128318

Chack up on the ADR's if you are reregistering your buggy as they are quite strict - as you know. The most recent one that raised an eyebrow for me was this one:

"ADR 12 - Glare Reduction in Field of View
The function of this Australian Design Rule is to minimise the glare from certain surfaces in the view of the driver.

Bugger. I hope I'm wrong. Engineers may choose to dot i's and get you to matt balck you lamp casings.

A good website to read before expenditure on the SWB buggy is sharpbuilt buggies which links to this source.
Source - http://www.dotrs.gov.au/transreg/str_adrindx.htm

Bronze.

Rathmines, Lake Macquarie, NSW.

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 11 Jan 2004, 9:07 pm

#128386

good point :thumb