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Arrrrgghhhh Locosting!
Guinness - 26/5/09 at 11:40 AM

Arrrggghhhhh!

Warning, mild rant ahead. Trying to do things on the cheap.......

My 7" chrome headlights are great, but due to the fact my car lives outside, the chrome is begining to pit / tarnish.

So when I came across a set of smaller headlights in black, that were well cheap, I decided to buy them. When they arrived I realised why the seller couldn't get a decent beam pattern out of them, they were for a left hand drive car.

Never mind I thought, I found a pair of 5 3/4" right hand drive lenses for sale. Bought them and it was still all working out cheaper than buying a new set.

Lenses arrived today and they don't fit the bowls!!! Arrrggghhh. The lenses are 5 3/4" but the bowls are 5 1/2"

Anyone want a pair of black headlights for a left hand drive car, or a pair of 5 3/4" headlight bowls...

Or do I try to bodge them in?

Mike

Peteff - 26/5/09 at 12:13 PM

Can't you turn the glass in the black ones so the flick up is to the other side like the ones from Premier Wiring ?

craig1410 - 26/5/09 at 12:17 PM

It's funny how things work out when you set out trying to save money...

I'm almost certain that if I had bought a half decent "bare-bones" kit and a set of spanners rather than start a "£250" scratch build I would be quids-in by now. Not to mention the car would have been on the road 5 years ago...

What with the need for additional tools, excess materials and the odd wrong part or wrongly modified part it isn't as cheap as one might hope.

The point of a journey is not to arrive though eh???

Cheers,
Craig.

RK - 26/5/09 at 12:35 PM

Locosting is not about saving money. It's about getting a car built, for way more money than a pre-made, better designed, more comfortable, and more useful car. A flight of madness for each and every one of us in other words.

David Jenkins - 26/5/09 at 12:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by RK
Locosting is not about saving money. It's about getting a car built, for way more money than a pre-made, better designed, more comfortable, and more useful car. A flight of madness for each and every one of us in other words.


Now there speaks an unbiased man!

(Sorry RK - cheap shot... )

RK - 26/5/09 at 12:55 PM

I deserve everything I get. I did this all on my own, although I feel a bit of encouragement from Uncle Ron and Keith Tanner didn't help. A lot of us feel this way I'm quite sure!

Danozeman - 26/5/09 at 05:12 PM

Iv give up trying to save money by going a long way round. It very rarely works!!

mediabloke - 26/5/09 at 05:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Can't you turn the glass in the black ones so the flick up is to the other side like the ones from Premier Wiring ?

^^^ What he said, Mike. Just make sure you use loads of spray lube on the adjusters on your light bar if you need to adjust the angle. Or you'll do what I did: loosen the bar accidentally and then faff around for a while to get the damn bolts tightened again!

Francis

Guinness - 26/5/09 at 05:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Can't you turn the glass in the black ones so the flick up is to the other side like the ones from Premier Wiring ?


I could do, but won't that mean that dip and main beam will be upside down??

Mike

sebastiaan - 26/5/09 at 05:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Guinness

Anyone want a pair of black headlights for a left hand drive car, or a pair of 5 3/4" headlight bowls...

Mike


Hi Mike,

Have you got a pic of the headlights, and what kind of bulbs are fitted (H4?)

I might be interested if postage (NL!) isn't way over the top.

Guinness - 26/5/09 at 06:58 PM

Sebastian





I'll try to work out a postage cost in a minute if you are interested.

Cheers

Mike

sebastiaan - 26/5/09 at 07:09 PM

bulb type?

Guinness - 26/5/09 at 07:19 PM

H4

Guinness - 26/5/09 at 07:21 PM

Courier in 2 - 5 days would be £19

Cheers

Mike

mediabloke - 28/5/09 at 12:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Can't you turn the glass in the black ones so the flick up is to the other side like the ones from Premier Wiring ?


I could do, but won't that mean that dip and main beam will be upside down??

Mike

Mike: Not sure if you're sorted out, but you can pop the lens/reflector unit out of the Premier Wiring ones. If yours is the same, turning the lens anti-clockwise about 15 degs would change the kick-up to the opposite side (if that makes sense...).
HTH

Francis

sebastiaan - 28/5/09 at 07:00 PM

How much are you looking for?