Headlight cover upgrade

[The Surveyor]

I have seen a picture in sprint of the two Takara demonstator cars and noticed that one has the perspex headlight covers off the final Chimaera's.

This has raised two issues:-
1, How easy is the conversion and what is the cost?
2, I thought the reason why the Griff main beam lamps were set low down is to avoid head build-up under the perspex, is this a potential problem on the Chimaera.

If the cost is reasonable, i think it makes the car look a little cleaner IMHO.

Cheers all

Paul

[zumbruk]

I think they look much better than the Speed 12 headlamp conversions that inexplicably seem so popular. The front of the Chimaera is already too "busy" with all kinds of lumps, bumps, holes, folds and swage lines - adding more holes just makes it worse. OTOH, the headlamp cover conversion tidies it up. IIRC it's well over a grand, so it can wait until I hit something.

[V8 Kieran]

I also asked this question a while back, but was told the covered lights are completely different - the covers finish further back, and require a cut into the wing to convert, hence the IIRC £1k comment above.

Also as said, will wait for (but not wishing too hard) front end repair before changing!

[shnozz]

must be just me then, but i dont like the covered lights. They work on the Griff, but not the chimaera

[Plotloss]

Yep, they are different, there is no lamp housing like the earlier cars.

They are also quite difficult to get hold of. When someone reversed into me cracking one of mine it was a 3 week wait from the factory...

[Gavstar]

shnozz said:

must be just me then, but i dont like the covered lights. They work on the Griff, but not the chimaera

No, I agree with you. The covered lights totally ruin the look of the front on a Chim. Looks too spongey and soft, when we all know its a REAL man's car...

[The Surveyor]

Thanks Guys

If its not just an easy swap, then the front stays as original. I have no plans on hitting anything in the short term...

Still not clear why they put the main-beam driving lamp so low on a Griffith if they could be combined into the headlight unit. The main beam on my Griffith was p*ss poor and would surly have been better if the lamps were a little higher.

[pzero64]

www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=93425&f=8&h=0&hw=headlight

Pricey.

[The Surveyor]

Agree, a little too pricy to change the front of what is already a good looking car.

Thanks all

[Tyre Smoke]

shnozz said:

must be just me then, but i dont like the covered lights. They work on the Griff, but not the chimaera

Agree Shnozz, looks like a Fiat Barchetta on steroids.

[KTG1000]

Had the Chim serviced at TVR Power a few weeks back and Dom told me the factory will do it for you. Spoke to them and was quoted around £600 for the work BUT without any painting. It was far, far cheaper to have the paintwork done either at Ewelme or Webbs.