Chimaera Headlights (Reflectors & Lenses)
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I've moved this over to a new post with a more relevant title to help when people are searching on the topic.
It was the Porsche 911 model number 930 & early 964 that used the same (shown above) two piece design & Bosch H4 reflector as the Chimaera.
But Porsche knew it was a poor leaky design so mid 964 production they were uprated to a proper sealed unit that looks like this.
Actually that drawing is from the MG RV8 parts book and as you can see it's not really a true sealed design, more a halfway house using a screw on plate (item 4) on the rear to close the unit to the elements.
It looks like BL just followed Porsche on the MG RV8 when the two piece ones got ungraded to the "almost" sealed units.
Here's an image of the same "almost" sealed ones taken from a Porche parts website.
Ignore the black trims which are Porsche specific and on the face of it they would be ideal for the Chimaera, unfortunately these headlight units are typically £200-£300 each!!!
You think driving a TVR means you get ripped off on parts, try running a Porker
However (and especially for Goat Boy) if you did want to stick with the original reflectors for your Chimaera you can get them sent over from the Fatherland for a realistic price.
A pair will arrive at your door for £106.00 including the postage, still not cheap to recreate what is essentially a flawed & leaky two piece design, but a big saving over the TVR specialist price all the same.
About half the price in fact
http://www.mts-parts.de/product_info.php?language=...
But I'd still like to see if the reasonably priced sealed Taxi ones could be made to work on a Chimaera?
Or for the traditionalists again, how about the full shooting match; Thats reflectors, lenses, adjusters, rubber seals...ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!
For less that £200.00!!!!
That's the full package for more or less the same money as a UK TVR specialist charges for one reflector alone!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370644622321?ru=http%3A%...
Shame the lenses are LHD pattern
It was the Porsche 911 model number 930 & early 964 that used the same (shown above) two piece design & Bosch H4 reflector as the Chimaera.
But Porsche knew it was a poor leaky design so mid 964 production they were uprated to a proper sealed unit that looks like this.
Actually that drawing is from the MG RV8 parts book and as you can see it's not really a true sealed design, more a halfway house using a screw on plate (item 4) on the rear to close the unit to the elements.
It looks like BL just followed Porsche on the MG RV8 when the two piece ones got ungraded to the "almost" sealed units.
Here's an image of the same "almost" sealed ones taken from a Porche parts website.
Ignore the black trims which are Porsche specific and on the face of it they would be ideal for the Chimaera, unfortunately these headlight units are typically £200-£300 each!!!
You think driving a TVR means you get ripped off on parts, try running a Porker
However (and especially for Goat Boy) if you did want to stick with the original reflectors for your Chimaera you can get them sent over from the Fatherland for a realistic price.
A pair will arrive at your door for £106.00 including the postage, still not cheap to recreate what is essentially a flawed & leaky two piece design, but a big saving over the TVR specialist price all the same.
About half the price in fact
http://www.mts-parts.de/product_info.php?language=...
But I'd still like to see if the reasonably priced sealed Taxi ones could be made to work on a Chimaera?
Or for the traditionalists again, how about the full shooting match; Thats reflectors, lenses, adjusters, rubber seals...ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!
For less that £200.00!!!!
That's the full package for more or less the same money as a UK TVR specialist charges for one reflector alone!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370644622321?ru=http%3A%...
Shame the lenses are LHD pattern
I'm still considering going along these lines at some point, it's way down the list with when I get some mk3 style covers and have the car painted though. Thieve some projectors out of some cheap second hand headlights and stick them in the standard lights, there's loads of room behind them from what I've seen.
HID Projector retrofit
HID Projector retrofit
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