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Postby NOLAW » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:14 am

anyone know where and how i can get a set of these headlights, want a pair for my KE20?
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Postby Jason T » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:30 am

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Postby Bling » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:09 am

PM Snoozin, he got some for his starlet (square tho) but i'm sure they had round ones
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Postby Alex B » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:45 pm

careful with ones off ebay, they blind on comming drivers, being made for LHD cars.
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Postby matt dunn » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:12 pm

if all you want is some 5 3/4" or 7" rounds headlights I can help.

do you want sealed beam or semi sealed so you can fit bulbs?
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Postby neo » Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:45 am

Arnt they just a semi-sealed headlight with a propper reflector?

Try be carparts in auckland (braxtons)
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Postby HachirokuGTV » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:12 am

Ebay. You can get diamond cut with projector lense so you can run HID's.
The headlights are cheap but the shipping is always 4 or 5 times more than the actual item. Get in now before the dollar shits itself.
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Postby Alex B » Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:19 pm

pyro_sniper2002 wrote:Careful with ones off ebay, they blind on comming drivers, being made for LHD cars. Make sure you can use them in RHD. Not legal etc.


Just to quote myself...
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Postby HachirokuGTV » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:29 pm

Made for left hand drive cars?
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Postby Lloyd » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:23 pm

Few imported vehicles coming in with the cutoff pattern on the low beams pointing to the wrong side of the vehicle. Not allowed them over here. If they're made for LHD vehicles then chances are they wont be allowed to be used over here


LHD ones look like this:

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Postby method » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:26 pm

I have ones out of a townace in my ke.

Exactly the same and take H4 bulbs...
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Postby NOLAW » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:42 pm

oh yeah well im after ones similar if not exactly like the ones in the pic shown, that KE20s from aus so id imagine those would be legal here (unsure where he got them though) wil most probly buy off aus ebay if nothing else comes up as id imagine they are made for RH drive
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Postby Lloyd » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:01 pm

If you find some then let us know the price :)
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Postby sergei » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:15 pm

What we do in russia with Jap import head lights we rotate them slightly so they would fit the right pattern (works only on round ones of course). Or you can modify the light bulb position so it would fit the pattern.
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Postby Mr Revhead » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:17 pm

method wrote:I have ones out of a townace in my ke.

Exactly the same and take H4 bulbs...


we had issues with a tundra that had been converted to RHD. for 5 years it passed WOFs with LHD lamps... then we failed it. omg did the customer kick up a fuss 8O
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Postby Alex B » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:59 pm

Chev ambulances pass their COF at the testing station with LHD lights. Must be some exceptions.
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Postby Hotgt4 » Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:38 pm

I bought some off a TM trader. They are not NZS stamped so are invalid for a WoF. Weak to boot, stone chip at 30km/h shattered the lense. However Semi sealed and put out a good amount of light. 7" round lense BTW.
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Postby Pies » Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:14 pm

Hotgt4 wrote:I bought some off a TM trader. They are not NZS stamped so are invalid for a WoF. Weak to boot, stone chip at 30km/h shattered the lense. However Semi sealed and put out a good amount of light. 7" round lense BTW.


had same problem with my cressida. got the diamond cut headlights off a guy on Trademe. one smashed with a small stone chip at around 40kmh. but the main problem was making them fit. they didnt line up with any of the sealed beam mounting points.

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Postby z|gen » Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:38 pm

can just buy headlights from an auto sparky..or even repco, used to get mine from there when i had my ke30, and got a set for my fj40 from there too
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Postby Hotgt4 » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:21 pm

Pies wrote:
Hotgt4 wrote:I bought some off a TM trader. They are not NZS stamped so are invalid for a WoF. Weak to boot, stone chip at 30km/h shattered the lense. However Semi sealed and put out a good amount of light. 7" round lense BTW.


had same problem with my cressida. got the diamond cut headlights off a guy on Trademe. one smashed with a small stone chip at around 40kmh. but the main problem was making them fit. they didnt line up with any of the sealed beam mounting points.

dont buy cheap ones!


Oh how we forget the good times. Tabs in the wrong places, Took some amount of "fab" work to the headlight bucket to fit. Weren't that cheap at $100 per pair, Having to buy a second pair due to the fitting shattering was teeth grinding too.
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