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 Sbug 71
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| posted on July 31st, 2011 at 02:20 PM |
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Headlights
Hi All
I'm new to this forum. Just wondering if anyone has tried fitting replacement headlights with Parker/H4/H3 to a 71 bug. The ones I got don't seem to
fit that well. Also every book I've looked at says I should have sealed beams but mine were not. Any ideas or advise would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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ian.mezz
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| posted on July 31st, 2011 at 04:49 PM |
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they are a bit smaller and you don't need the screws on the chrome ring to adjust .
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| posted on July 31st, 2011 at 07:39 PM |
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Hi
Sealed beams were US market thing, there were not allowed to have powerful headlights in the US.
You can easily buy some bases that will hold semi sealed beams from Narva or get them from a old mini and use your old headlight rims to cover it all
up.
Steve
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Sbug 71
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| posted on July 31st, 2011 at 08:10 PM |
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Thanks for your help lads. Oh, and I loved the youtube video.
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| posted on July 31st, 2011 at 08:42 PM |
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Those 3 chamber lights have pretty nasty build quality, and I've noticed that alot of them have the LHD pattern lenses too.
that's the downside of cheap imported parts that comes from Brazil and Mexico.
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| posted on August 3rd, 2011 at 09:12 PM |
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Yeah, I've gotta be honest, I'm not completely happy with them although they were recommended by parts guy. I'm a bit weary of buying more
important components such as brakes. I'm actually finding it pretty hard to get a good parts supplier, particularly in Adelaide.
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 posted on August 4th, 2011 at 01:41 PM |
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I had sealed beams fitted to MY 71 Super back in the 70s...
and I have had Hella H4 sealed and semi sealed beams in My beetles and type 3...
I use a headlamp bracket from an early ford falcon..
and mod them to fit...
the late beetles 1303S L beetle had Bosch semi sealed beams screwed to the guard/fender bucket...
they were adjusted on the bracket...
The chromed plastic rim only had one screw in it...
LEE
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| posted on August 8th, 2011 at 06:11 PM |
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Correct there Sbug71, in Adelaide there is nothing!
If you want parts, I recommend the following sites, in Australia.
http://vollks.com.au
http://justkampersaustralia.com
http://classicveedub.com.au
That should give you enough to go through and have a look at lights. They (Just Kampers) even have a video of how to install them and so forth. Very
good watch.
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