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Hi, Having gone through some of the parts I acquired with my car, I have found that the new lights I have are a pair of Euro, LHD front turbo headlights. I have the original UK turbo lights but one is in pieces, and the other is very badly scratched (the car was in a front end collision after all!). Do I attempt to transplant the dipped beam units from the old crashed UK lights into the Euro ones (how hard can it be!!!???) Do I sell (or ideally swap) the Euro ones and try and source a pair of UK spec ones? I have looked through the archives and found the thread about converting UK dipped to Continetal dipped which seemed a big job, but given that I have two complete UK dipped beam parts of the light, it may be easier than trying to get the bulb cover that creates the dip pattern to move from what I have read... or will I end up rendering a decent set of LHD Speedster headlight units as scrap????? Help?

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Hi,

Having gone through some of the parts I acquired with my car, I have found that the new lights I have are a pair of Euro, LHD front turbo headlights. I have the original UK turbo lights but one is in pieces, and the other is very badly scratched (the car was in a front end collision after all!).

Do I attempt to transplant the dipped beam units from the old crashed UK lights into the Euro ones (how hard can it be!!!???)

Do I sell (or ideally swap) the Euro ones and try and source a pair of UK spec ones?

I have looked through the archives and found the thread about converting UK dipped to Continetal dipped which seemed a big job, but given that I have two complete UK dipped beam parts of the light, it may be easier than trying to get the bulb cover that creates the dip pattern to move from what I have read... or will I end up rendering a decent set of LHD Speedster headlight units as scrap?????

Help?

It's easier to sell your LHD units to one of us continental Speedster owners
What's your price ?

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Agreed, it would be easier, but there seems to be a shortage of good second hand RHD turbo headlights at the moment (there are quite a few none turbo ones with the silver rims that I can get hold of), whereas in theory I have all the parts around me to make a pair - unless someone wants to swap in which case PM me (see my posts in parts for sale/wanted post 1 and Post 2)

Otherwise asking price will be cost of replacements if I can source a pair of UK ones...

Phil

Edited by pjohn151, 30 March 2009 - 11:28 AM.

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OK, an exchange it is then... My headlamps are going back home to Europe, and some UK ones are going to be repatriated!!! Phil