Barrie wrote: Has anyone changed or converted the headlights to a bulb unit ?
Hello Barrie.....I found that Hella H4 headlights (the same as in the early Golf/Polo) are exactly the same mounting. The reference details are:-
Hella Halogen H4 7"
Ref: 1L6-002-395-261
The differences between the Hella and the original GE are:-
1. Hellas have a flat lens, not convex (you can live with that, I reckon);
2. They take a separate bulb (and I use a 24v Halogen bulb...which is great);
3. They also have a "pilot" bulb socket (which you can use for sidelights);
4. The main drawback is that they DON'T have the rubber push-on connectors. So to avoid damaging the original harness, you need to get a plastic connector which fits to the rear of the bulb (you'll get two from a scrapyard)...then after fitting the headlight bulb, you add the connector to the rear of the bulb, then use bullet connectors to adapt the headlight connector to the harness. Not as difficult as it sounds. And if a bulb fails, you can replace it really easily.
I understand that the British Army has a very similar headlight unit (similar to the Hella), the differences are that it has a convex lens and is also stamped FV XXXX .
I've seen them at fleamarkets, but never bothered swapping the Hella units I already have.
PS... there's also a great writeup on Mr Garbee's website at
http://www.garbee.net/~cabell/headlights.htmKen
Kind regards....
Ken
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