Has anyone thought of this?

[boygenius]

Don't worry about finding the magazine. I'm a long way from having to worry about lights or fenders. My car is still in a thousand pieces.

[hybrid_john]

Those lights are very nice I like the fact that they are not too over the top...very clean and thought out, nice touch to put new life into the beetle...

I would like some info on the lights Frank. It, might help with the technical info that I need....



John

[boygenius]

Originally posted by hybrid_john
Sounds like you got it made man... what else could you ask for?
No hurries though, take time on this one, and it should turn out pretty nice.




John

I think I'll be able to get to the lights this weekend.


If I can find them.

[Frank]

Hi!

I checked in my old Vdub magazines and found the article. Unfortunatly, it is of no use, there is no info about the conversion at all. I just sent an e-mail to the company that did the conversion years ago to get info on the lamps, hardware needed and time involved in the making. I hope to get an answer soon. These lights are wicked!

Frank

[hybrid_john]

Frank: Awesome man, I hope they give you some good info on this one, I could really use it... the lights are awesome. they would look extremely good on a beetle.



John

[Frank]

Hi guys

Bad news that really pissed me off!! A salesperson from Wizard roadsters, the company that made the mercedez headlight beetle told me that they never did that conversion and that I probably mixed them up with another company. The problem is, I went on their website and there is a picture of it in their background!!! What the %#@!$&^? I know that Wizard handed their sales to EZbug, some company in UK, That's probably why they answered me wrong.

On the other hand, I found someone who actually has a Wizard roadster with the front Mercedez headlamps, I sent him an e-mail right away, asking him where the hell he got it.

Hope this won't remain a mystery for too long

Frank

[hybrid_john]

Yeah...me too

But if/when the guy replies your gonna keep us posted right?

I know you will... I can't wait to hear the story man. I really need some more info




John

[Frank]

Guess who's been nice for christmas!!!

Hi everyone, I got news from the Wizard owner I found on the internet. Here's what he wrote me about the conversion:

"The lights are CLK and sawn in half. They are mounted into 2" oversized fibreglass wings, with the headlamp bowls removed. On the inside of the wings there are mounting points fibreglassed on. So the light can bolt from the inside. The mechanism to adjust the lights was mostly removed to allow better clearance. The headlamp bulbs were also mofified slightly to allow
clearance of those 17" alloys.

They mounted side lights and orange bulbs into the lamps for the
sidelights. As these would have been in the second set of lights originally on a CLK.

As the lamp units are so deep i had problems with tyre clearance for those 17s. We had to shorten the framehead to allow the beam to sit further back at an angle to help. But even with this mod, the tyres were very VERy close
when lowered to a good height. It was drivable though. Maybe get some 35 type tyres on 17". I had 40 profiles.hope that helps!
Paul"

Like Paul says, I hope this can help you! I'll ask him if he has pictures of the inside of his fenders, to see whatit looks like
Frank

[lazyted]

what about trying to create your own style headlamps out of car spares.
these two sites might help
www.cardesignnews.com
http://www.johns306.com/guides/angel_eyes.htm
its alot of work but you get a truely original effect

[boygenius]

I like the angel eyes. I never would have thought of that.

[Frank]

Hi everyone!

Lazyted: Have you read previous posts? angle eyes were already discussed and someone is writing a tech article on it. Personnaly I think it adds a nice touch but I'm not pretty sure if it fits the german look. Also About making your own custom headlights, it's another good Idea but I wouldn't risk driving with them on the streets with the laws we have where I live, they're too strict.

With the CLK headligths, I'm trying to get an Hi-tech look that still remains subtle while unaltering the Beetle's original look, german look is in my opinion subtle, not flashy. Adding wider fenders allow bigger wheels and also keeps the proportions right between the new lights and the whole car.

Hybrid John: I enclosed a picture of the CLK headlight assembly in my post

[Frank]

Quick message! Get those CLK lights for around a hundred smackers on ebay:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33710

[Frank]

Quick message! Get those CLK lights for around a hundred smackers on ebay:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33710

be quick 8hrs of auction time remaining !

[COXBOW]

Hi,

Don’t know if you really want Porsche head lights or just “something else” I’ve put some Mercedes Type-E headlights in my Mexico and it looks great, u don’t have to worry about what and where and you’re going to install those damn bike blinkers to still have a modern GL look, with the Mercedes’ you have them inside the head light, and u don’t even see them when not using them !

[Frank]

Do you have pics of it? The thing is CLK headlights were found on E class ant C class Mercedez Benz. Are your headlights recent, these CLK headlights ar from 98-02 Mercedes Benz. Porsche ones cost too mutch. I checked many sellers of replacement headlights and the only Porsche lights available were signal lights.