Headlight rims

[french dave]

Hi All,can someone point me in the right direction to find some decent headlight chrome rims that don't go rusty after 2 minutes in the rain! for an S3.thanks Dave

[magpies]

you could try mini spares or mgb spares as they use the same

[greymrj]

They are also available in stainless. The chrome ones I have seen recently have been of marginal quality.

[greyhulk]

7" if I remember correct, cant go wrong with polished stainless ones, may just order some myself

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-stainless-steel-headl...
As mentioned, think mini spares would have them too & probably cheaper

Edited by greyhulk on Wednesday 13th April 21:26

[greymrj]

Those are the ones. You need to rivet a small piece of stainless to the bottom so you can screw the rim to the bodywork. To do the job properly you can also buy the inner ring (which holds the headlamp to the bowl) in stainless and hold the ring in with three stainless ST screws.

[greyhulk]

greymrj said:

Those are the ones. You need to rivet a small piece of stainless to the bottom so you can screw the rim to the bodywork. To do the job properly you can also buy the inner ring (which holds the headlamp to the bowl) in stainless and hold the ring in with three stainless ST screws.

stainless fetish fraternity

[greymrj]

greyhulk said:

stainless fetish fraternity

no, a fetish for not replacing rusty bits every few years!!

[french dave]

Thanks lads you two greys related?

[phillpot]

greymrj said:

They are also available in stainless. The chrome ones I have seen recently have been of marginal quality.

Stainless won't be quite as shiny as chrome but on the plus side you won't get little brown rust spots within a few weeks. Lot of cheap cr#p out there!


I op[ted for the stainless but when looking around did come across some advertised as "chrome on brass", don't recall the exact price, not cheap but then good quality isn't

[Smokey Boyer]

my mod for retaining the outer ring

[lewdon]

I had a little difficulty a few years ago getting rims that would fit. From experience the chrome rims advertised for the mini have a slightly different cross section to those for the MGB. Some TVRs appear to have one and some the other. They are very similar but they don't both fit. The only way to be sure which you have is to park next to a Mini or MGB and compare very closely.
Good luck
Don

[magpies]

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"chrome on brass", don't recall the exact price, not cheap but then good quality isn't
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as above try Minispares they have chrome over brass