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Title: R/H DRIVE HEADLIGHTS
Post by: RSPSTEVE on May 11, 2010, 09:46:25 PM
For a 1969 500 , can anyone help?

Steve
Title: Re: R/H DRIVE HEADLIGHTS
Post by: ChrisRLewis on May 11, 2010, 11:33:57 PM
For a 1969 500 , can anyone help?

Steve
next to impossible to find :(
best bet is to use RHD lenses with LHD shells
Title: Re: R/H DRIVE HEADLIGHTS
Post by: RSPSTEVE on May 12, 2010, 07:39:34 AM
Thanks chris, are the lenses easy to find then?
Steve
Title: Re: R/H DRIVE HEADLIGHTS
Post by: ChrisRLewis on May 12, 2010, 10:16:00 AM
They occasionally come up on ebay.
Usually scenario is that you use the old ones that's if it's a a UK RHD model. If you have an imported LHD you will have a problem.
I used LHD lights on my 500 and it was never a problem, but I think my MOT man was kind.
Title: Re: R/H DRIVE HEADLIGHTS
Post by: dajwid on May 12, 2010, 04:01:37 PM
Are 500 the same as a 126. If so I have a set of 126 lenses in my shed.
Title: Re: R/H DRIVE HEADLIGHTS
Post by: Rusty's Uncle on May 12, 2010, 04:13:39 PM
My 500L has always had LHD headlamps . Come MOT time I just stick a bit of tape on the lenses then when I get home I take it off for the rest of the year. However as a precaution I have worked out a solution using Triumph 5 3/4" sealed beam units which you can buy cheaply in any motor factors or ebay  [-/
Title: Re: R/H DRIVE HEADLIGHTS
Post by: Eklipze3k on May 12, 2010, 04:14:26 PM
Are 500 the same as a 126. If so I have a set of 126 lenses in my shed.

Nope, 500 is round, 126 is oblong
Title: Re: R/H DRIVE HEADLIGHTS
Post by: thepuddlejumper on May 13, 2010, 12:39:04 AM
I fitted Triumph sealed beam units in my 500, I had to grind out a small section of the chrome surround return lip, at the rear to get the unit in place.  I cut down the old light unit fitted it over the sealead beam used the original wire clips etc. it fitted just like the original.

Ralph