Looking for the best set of lights I can afford £100, obviously need to keep the sva man happy, can anyone recommend a light and supplier they have been happy with.

Preferably one that I can purchase online as I had a look at Premiere Wiring but don't seem to be able to buy online.

Cheers chaps and chapesses

Rich

What about These

SVC ones are very good quality (chrome on brass so they don't rust) £28 over budget, but worth the extra IMHO.
I'm very happy with the 5 3/4" black ones I bought.

http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/lights_head.html

Order over the phone, email, fax, post or at pretty much any show.

or find the nearest motorcycle shop with custom rides. Mine are meant for harleys, but they are better on a se7en

I paid about £50 each for them


My lovely headlight

You could try a pair from this place. The 7" units are halfway down the page. Delivery is very rapid. This is how they look on the car.



They're not as fine as the SVC ones - but they're a fraction of the price! I've had mine for more than 3 years and they're showing no signs of corrosion, etc.

They also throw a huge amount of light forward - far better than my tin-top - and are totally SVA-legal.

HTH,
David

[Edited on 7/6/07 by David Jenkins]

David they look like just what I'm after, thanks, think I'll place an order later.

Just a query about the bike lights and I thought for sva they had to dip to the left so the motorcycle ones where not suitable.

Cheers

Rich

[Edited on 7/6/07 by RichardK]

Yep - car lights must dip left - the ones I mentioned do just that, and are marked correctly on the glass (an arrow pointing to the nearside). All the other markings are correct as well.

[Edited on 7/6/07 by David Jenkins]

David - nice site , thanks

Can't quite see from the pics in your archive how you mounted them. Is it tube flattened at the ends to take the spigot ?

Or is there a more sophisticated way ?

I'm an awkward so-and-so as far as the headlamps are concerned!

I was a bit concerned about the top shock mounting, so I welded some U-section across from the diagonal brace. I left this long to become the headlamp mount. Hard to explain - I'll see if I can find a picture.

Anyway - these light units are fixed with a threaded rod and a large nut underneath. Between the headlamp casing and the nut is a bell-shaped bit. I guess that you'd have to provide a flat mounting surface for that bit to sit on (about 1" or so in diameter). Shouldn't be too hard to provide.

I'll get my camera out and take some piccies - stand by...

Here we go.

This is the only bit where some work is required to satisfy the SVA tester. I had to put some rubber edging around the rim of this bit, and a split nut cover over the end of the mounting tube, where the wire comes out.

Strangely, this seems to have fallen off...
Rescued attachment lamp.JPG

And here's what I meant about the shock/headlight mount. Not suggesting that you should copy it, but at least it shows what I meant!
Rescued attachment chassis.jpg

These passed SVA, but need regular autosolvol to stop rust, but my car is kept outside under a car cover
http://www.classic-car-accessories.co.uk/acatalog/Classic_car_parts_LIGHTS_5.html

Mark,

Those are the ones I mentioned above.

Ordered! Thanks guys

OK David, all is now clear. Thank you very much. And thanks for the avatar - never fails to amuse

good link Dave, just ordered me a set too !