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 rpmagazine
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| posted on January 25th, 2007 at 08:26 PM |
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type 1 headlight assemblies
I need to get a pair of headlight assemblies for an early beetle. What is the best solution, price and place to get them in Australia?
It seems the Brazil ones sell for around $27US, but are they any good?
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| posted on January 26th, 2007 at 11:55 PM |
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like anything you get what you pay for.
having fitted brazilian ones in the past and watching before my eyes the cracks appearing in the lens as you tighten them up i would say not the best
option
try and get some better quality ones and fit local h4 conversions to them(maybe vintagevw)
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rpmagazine
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 01:05 PM |
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Yes I agree that is usually the case. I would really like to buy new units and be done with them. Does anyone import the Hella headlights?
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 03:59 PM |
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is that you nero from PF?
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 04:01 PM |
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I think many of the VW shops who advertise on here would also sell Hella lights...
they are getting very expensive...
with the early lights, You can buy clear glass lenses and you fit a sealed beam behind it, same as in all vws in the USA. You can then fit Quartz
Halogen sealed beams or semi sealed beams with QH or Xenon bulbs.
this is the best way to go as sealed beams last a long time.
or with the semi sealed beams, You just replace the bulbs.
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 04:05 PM |
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My Son had his reflectors rechromed ....
which is also expensive, but then fit Quartz Halogen bulbs and You have good lights....
Only thing - and any older people on here who have had anything to do with older cars knows, You don't touch the chromed surface of headlamps...
well My Son's Newly chromed reflectors came complete with fingerprints on them....
So, some idiot packed them...
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 04:53 PM |
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Che, yes it is, I came here as well as PF...virtually at the same time.
I have a pair of headlight units, but the chrome is a bit sad and I'd like sealed beams. I have clear glass as original you see, so the fluted glass
is a bit odd on my car.
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 05:45 PM |
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I have had the reflectors resilvered not chromed as per original spec and fitted QH globes ,$60 a pair.
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 06:47 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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I have had the reflectors resilvered not chromed as per original spec and fitted QH globes ,$60 a pair.
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where?
i read somewhere that chrome has relatively very low reflective properties. The only way to go is silver or some aluminium based coating that sounds
similar to the stuff they do exhaust systems in.
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 08:30 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 57oval
I have had the reflectors resilvered not chromed as per original spec and fitted QH globes ,$60 a pair.
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Sorry, My Son had his reflectors re silvered...
its actually very fragile or soft, so it should never be touched by fingers,
hands or any polish....
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 09:20 PM |
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I had them done at Industrial & Decorative Gold Plating 81 mars rd lanecove 94275910 , if this helps.
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 09:41 PM |
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how much for resilvering??
in 1965 it was $8 each!! or maybe a pair at a city jeweller !
and then chrome was illegal to use.
i have a heap of splitty h/lights that i wanna resilver the reflectors from. All else is good.
Autobug those Porsche style things with the sealed beams are dear to get as a compl unit.!!!
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 09:43 PM |
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$60 pr
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| posted on January 28th, 2007 at 06:24 PM |
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What is the method for converting a set of headlights to sealed/semi-sealed beams?
The ones I have are original.
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 06:33 AM |
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It seems the Brazil ones sell for around $27US, but are they any good?
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there good untill you unwrap them out of the box
You get what you pay for
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 03:45 PM |
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well it seems I have one bosch plastic and one hella metal unit. So how do I convert to sealed beam?
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 04:07 PM |
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You dont
the best option is to buy Quartz Halagon globes
and have good reflectors, make sure all the adjusting screws work and piviot correctly
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 06:31 PM |
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I do: I need to get rid of the fluted glass and put clear glass on the car. Clear glass and std reflectors do not work well.
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 07:05 PM |
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you did not say if running 6 or 12 volt I can supply replated reflectors or inserts but need more info on particular model of headligts
Paul
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 07:27 PM |
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Paul they are 12V headlamps ala early type 1/beetle
Do you need to know more?
Just went out and had a look at them. They cleaned up well, however they have different chrome rings, so I need to match one of them up with another
one.
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 07:46 PM |
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do you wnt to use clear lenses or standard ,bosch or hella?does the globe has three spade connectors?
Paul
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| posted on January 30th, 2007 at 06:06 AM |
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What year car did you say are they slant or upright lights ????
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 07:30 PM |
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best I popst some images. I have one bosch and one hella confusingly. One is steel bucket and one plastic, chrome rings are different.
I want to use clear glass and have good lightling, so reasonable watage lights: say 75/90's
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 09:33 PM |
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You can only use clear glass with a headlight 'insert' ie: a modern, 6-inch headlight (like an AU XR8 Falcon, or a late-80s Pajero, for instance)
mounted behind a clear glass lens. The US-market 1960s Beetles had this setup using but a sealed beam light
best to use a H4 Quartz Halogen unit behind the clear glass lens
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 09:40 PM |
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that is what I was hoping to do, but do not know how to do. Perhaps buy the cheapie units and just use the buckets and keep the original glass etc?
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 09:47 PM |
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You can't use the original Hella/Bosch VW lenses with a H4 headlight. You need to buy a US-specification clear-glass kit and install a H4 QH insert
behind it
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 09:48 PM |
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border="0" alt=":D" title=":D" />E:1
i set up a deal with these guys outside of ebay
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| posted on February 5th, 2007 at 12:30 PM |
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I have both clear and patterned glass for the units I already have.
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| posted on February 11th, 2007 at 06:58 PM |
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SH 356 porsche Hella's on the way
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| posted on February 12th, 2007 at 05:11 PM |
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Are the European lenses (LHD) acceptable on Australian roads??
Also if you buy from a "Registered business seller" on ebay Germany they shoud not charge you MwsT (their GST) so you will save 19% immediately on
your winning bid price.
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