Just driven the car up from Portsmouth to Wrexham yesterday, arriving home at midnight, slightly chilled to say the least. Could somebody advise where I can get new reflectors/units for the Cibie headlamps since these are a little tarnished. Amazingly that is the biggest fault (at)ve found so far !
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Re: New Owner DHD 484 V
Congrats and sorry I made you pay a little more as I was bidding too.
From the pictures they are 5 1/2". Relacement rings come up on ebay but checkout the usual kit car suppliers https://www.europaspares.com/ or http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/
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Re: New Owner DHD 484 V
Mike, when you have got your new reflectors sorted, let us know where from and how much. I must repace mine as there seems to be more rust than silver!Franklin, Leicester
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Forgot to mention, the reason I havn't done anything about it before is that the retaining screws underneath are mangled and need drilling out. That's Marlins!Franklin, Leicester
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Well after a trawl of ebay and the suppliers mentioned by Steve, I've not come up with anything so far. It looks like the size must be 5.75" and the reflectors are a dished design (I need just one) and one of my rims is rusted and also needs replacing (after I've drilled out the retaining screw).
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I've found a supplier for the 7" version - but will this look OK on the car ?
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Re: New Owner DHD 484 V
Ooops 1/4" out from memory.
Some might say that 7" lamps will interfere with airflow through the radiator, on a car that already has the potential to overheat.
I think from styling issues 7" lamps would be too big for the proportions of the car.
My last chance suggestion is to talk to http://www.holden.co.uk/default.asp 01885 488488
They may not list the rings but they claim to get any part.
Good luck
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It seems that Cibie regard these as 6" so we were both wrong. I quoted the ref number on the back of the unit to MOTOSCOPE and they have come up with the reflector. At a cost of £62 plus vat I will just change the worst one. No rims though at the moment.
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Re: New Owner DHD 484 V
Mike,
Went through this trouble myself last year. Don't try polishing the reflectors, it makes them worse!
If you have Cibie Oscars (with the concave glass) I don't believe they make replacement lenses. You have to replace the whole unit!
I ended up paying approx £130 for one unit from Demon Tweaks, only to find Holdens were offering the same at nearly half that.
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