993 Headlamps
 

Has anyone fit 993 headlamps into SuperBeetle or Ghia fenders? Does anyone know where there are pictures?

according to remmell , it can be an option on his wings(requires larger buckets ), i have not seen a set though
cheers jon

Ive seen them on early beetle fenders and on a Ghia as well :D

Say what? How about a photo of that?

Hi

Are they a projector style headlight? If they are they usually hang out the back a long way.

Steve

The 993 had two headlight options:

1. Standard Halogen
2. HID/Litronic

The Litronic is supposed to be a plug and play upgrade, so even the halogen must have been fairly long housings.

I am going to fit some clear H4 lights. Anyone else fitted them and how is was it? Any pics would help. Thanks;)

You got me curious now! I'd like to see some pics of those on a beetle.

I have H4's on my Ghia; they look dead stock (fluted lenses) except that they throw the light to the left side of the road instead of the right. I know I've seen pictures in thesamba.com's photogallery of free form reflector (clear) H4 lamps.

found this on google

http://images.google.gr/imgres?imgur...icial%26sa%3DN

it shows the size a bit

Chris

Hi

I fitted some Hella H4 semi sealed beams to my daily 1303. I used early Mini headlights, these screwed into the existing holes in the Beetle wing/fender/guard
You could do the same with the clear ones. I then cut the adjusting screws from my stock headlight rim and just bolted it back over the light using the stock screw.

Steve

thanks hun;)

pics of my H4 brasilian 3 chamber clear lights + HID kit, hope it helps
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/1...2219sq1.th.jpghttp://img373.imageshack.us/img373/6...2220br4.th.jpghttp://img373.imageshack.us/img373/9...2221hq5.th.jpg
Here you can see the difference between HID and Halogen
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/4...2222ba8.th.jpg
Everything was fitted inside the fender headlight bucket.

Xellex - I presume these are LHD ones? I couldn't find ANY in RHD for those of you who may be wanting them in the UK/AUS :(

well yes, my car is a LHD, but I don't think the manufacturer of these headlights makes a difference. Everything you can do is adjust them from their screws.

I feel it necessary to mention that, in the US at least (and I'm pretty sure Europe as well), most HID conversion kits are illegal. A legal HID kit needs to feature self leveling projectors (to avoid dazzeling on-coming drivers), and headlamp washer jets (because HID casts strong shadows if there is stuff on the lens).

Can you send me some details of where you got them from?

Al

yes vedevotee that's very true, it's what the law says but they aren't really applying that legislation yet (at least not in Europe). Anyway I'm gonna try to get some lens for them too. There's been alot of discussions on different forums about the HID kits and law aspects so I'm not gonna go further into it.

al_kaholic do u mean the HID kit or the clear sealed beams?

The law is present for the UK, however I'm not sure of the enforcement of it too much at the moment.

I'm interested in the clear sealed units :)

It is present for new cars, I'm not sure if it applies to retrofits though...

The only place I've seen them listed online is on Mid America Motorworks website. I got them from a friend that had some business in Brasil but it was a one time only deal.

Good morning Xellex, Can you tell me more about your HID set-up? I'm going through the threads and haven't yet stumbled accross what I'm looking for. It appears you have a possible winner. I'm looking to upgrade to HID in my '65 Ghia without changing the fender. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Mahalo,
Russ

What all get's inspected for the MOT? I've heard of people failing because of trivial stuff before.

My last conversion passed the MOT no problem...