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Smosh wrote:In one place is great. Just maybe a summary someday of the options.

itchyfeet wrote:Today I had some time so I decided to investigate why everybody else can fit these with just some small brackets and I could not.

To be clear the budget headlights here are from Eurocarparts and have loops welded on the back other variants may not be so easy and need brackets.

The reason is below, I also found you can indeed fit these headlights to existing original frames with just three cable ties so this makes a very interesting upgrade for people with the right frames and old style lamp bases.

Before I did anything I drove my van up to the gates and marked where the peak beam and top cut off of the dipped beam were so I can check them later when I put it back



Bloody brilliant, cheers Itchy - took an hour to replace both my headlights....had to take the surrounds out and 2 screws were rotten, which took the time - but well chuffed with the result.


When I took both headlights out I could see my problem, the right had one in the pic is an original and it has an adjuster ring which the headlight screws into, the left hand one does not have this adjuster ring, the headlight has the mountings of the adjuster ring to frame welded onto the headlight.



If you look closely on the original you can see the old headlight screws on to the adjuster ring but on the adjuster ring are three cutouts that are not used in the original headlight, fit perfectly with the budget replacement



So it was clear to me that three cables ties is all that's needed to hold this in place and there is your upgrade, what could be easier, you may even be able to do this without removing the frame from the van!
only time will tell if the welds on these loops are strong enough to last, if you are concerned then make some brackets.






Now to the other headlight, this was replaced a few years ago as the original got smashed, but I can't see any easy way to adapt this, it can be seen that the adjuster points are off set from the loops on the budget headlight so to make anything is going to be quite complicated.

So DON'T throw away your old headlight surrounds if you are buying new as new headlights may not have the adjuster ring.

It looks like I could add an adjuster ring to my frame so Just need to stick an ad in the wanted section now.

Can anybody tell me please do early headlights with the bigger lamp base have this adjuster ring?