Front Head LIghts
Discussion
My 400 has had the original circular lights removed and replaced with a bodge Hella Square something or other. All now removed and heading for the bin pending original replacements.
However..Does the pod raise and stop at a set point as the bodge lights had a bracket attached on the bottom edge that effectively caught under the front nose stopping the pod going any further. With the lights removed the pod raises and stops all on its own a what appears to be a reasonable position?
However..Does the pod raise and stop at a set point as the bodge lights had a bracket attached on the bottom edge that effectively caught under the front nose stopping the pod going any further. With the lights removed the pod raises and stops all on its own a what appears to be a reasonable position?
te thats on my car. Really they put that on at the factory......Christ....I was trying to keep it original.ish but I am not putting that back on I have spent a lot of money on the car and its in the shop for a respary and thats not going to spoil my look.As far as I know all 400SE's have rectangular lights. To tell you the truth, I'm not a great fan of rectangle lights either. In my eyes, and earlier years of driving, all sports cars worth owning had round lights. But, like Adam says, they may look better after a pint. I wouldn't know, because I don't drink.
Tony. TCB.
Tony. TCB.
As for the bodge bracket, that standard also, normally with a bit of rubber hose on it.
the pods are on a cam, so it goes up and down on same rotation, the motor, has switches so it stop in the right position.
The bodge stops, are to give it some pre-load when they are up, so they don't vibrate too much.
the pods are on a cam, so it goes up and down on same rotation, the motor, has switches so it stop in the right position.
The bodge stops, are to give it some pre-load when they are up, so they don't vibrate too much.
Leigh, those twin light conversions look awesome. I can just imagine them on the car. My headlights are good at the moment and it would be a waste to get rid of them, but if they give me any problems, I would love to convert them to four round ones. Not to mention, the existing ones are pretty useless at night. I don't know why TVR ever fitted the rectangle ones in the first place. If I was a customer having a TVR built for me at the time, there's no way I would have accepted those useless rectangle lights considering the amount of money paid for the car at the time.
Tony.TCB.
Tony.TCB.
ElvisWedgely said:
Leigh, those twin light conversions look awesome. I can just imagine them on the car. My headlights are good at the moment and it would be a waste to get rid of them, but if they give me any problems, I would love to convert them to four round ones. Not to mention, the existing ones are pretty useless at night. I don't know why TVR ever fitted the rectangle ones in the first place. If I was a customer having a TVR built for me at the time, there's no way I would have accepted those useless rectangle lights considering the amount of money paid for the car at the time.
Tony.TCB.
Agreed, it one of the only area's that they skimped on for the SE cars most of the equipment on a SE was a lot better than the later cars.Tony.TCB.
I got carbon-fiber covers that go on the front also to hide the adjustment screws. I'll show you next time your down. they was a pain to get them to fit right. but I put in twin hella's as used on the later Tuscans.
I've still got the patterns I used so if I had to do again would be a bit easier. my mod also does not completely remove the old bracket, so you could always put the old system back. if they ever become classic and someone wanted it original.
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