headlights

Sep 17, 2006 6 Replies
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Hi group,



Today I bought myself a a headlight unit for my '73. Dunno if anyone ever seen them before but it is the BMW look-a-like with a luminated circle around it and a clear lens. The bulb that goes in is the common H4. It actually is a headlight unit for the golf (rabbit) but I'm told they'll fit... NOT.



It's not a sealed Headlight, the chrome ring (from the old one) has 3 holes in them; one to fasten it and two to adjust the beam. The (new w/o chrome ring) headlight unit also has two adjustment screws at the same place as the chrome ring. I do know that rabbit lights fit a bug, the question is how? Anyone delt with this problem?



A google search didn't do the trick, does any of you have an idea?



TIA Roger


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"bug '59" schreef in bericht news:450d87d6$0$2023$ snipped-for-privacy@text.nova.planet.nl...

No one ever installed Rabbit headlights in a Bug?? Please help me out, I'm afraid I bought them for no reason... :(

Roger

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"bug '59" schreef in bericht news:450d87d6$0$2023$ snipped-for-privacy@text.nova.planet.nl...

Update on headlights;

I finally found a way to install the Rabbit headlights, As it seems those headlights are the same as a super. There are mounting brackets on the inside of the fender to screw the headlights on. On mine (standard, '73)the brackets were bent away, on a standard the headlights are mounted IN the chrome ring with clips and then the chrome ring is atached, like every other bug, with a bottom screw.

In the end; I haven't fitted them because the diameter of the Rabbit headlights are smaller (?) than the ones on a super. The next issue is to return the headlights and get my 129,- EURO back :(

Thanks, Roger

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very odd for the "upright" headlights....

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"Joey Tribiani" schreef in bericht news:q2zRg.365$XX2.152@dukeread04...

Is it? I'm just repeating what I'm told, and what I saw. If they are lying, so am I ;) I've seen the super (1303) with headlights screwed onto the fender with 3 screws. The adjustment screws are Under the chrome ring. I have the headlights stock with the lense clamped onto the chrome ring and the adjustment screws sitting in the chrome ring.

I was wondering why nobody wasn't responding to my OP, but now understand (I think) I found this link to see the difference:

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US is a sealed beam stock right? (right picture) EU is the beam I discribed before. (left picture) The right picture is a rabbit mounting in the EU. Do you have Rabbit light in yours?

Roger

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yes....our (US spec) 67 and up beetles had the sealed beam that mounted into a holder that is mounted into the headlight bucket....like the picture on the right......our pre 67's had a sealed beam that was secured into a unit that was then screwed into the headligh tbucket(had a separate glass lens).... like this:

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"Joey Tribiani" schreef in bericht news:hF_Rg.440$XX2.37@dukeread04...

That one is known here too. When I was 'restoring' my '59 in 2000 those headlights were also an option. BUT since it was not original I kept the euro headlights and mounted an indicator on my front bumper (also not original) :-) Silly differences for *safety* reasons

Roger

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