PeteS Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Hoping to replace big headlights with little headlights... is it easy 🤔 I'm guessing it something like nose cone off, pull apart some connectors, pull the wires through the tubes (old ones out, new ones in) and connect it all back up again.... 🤔 🤔 Any gotcha's I need to be aware of 🤔 You can tell I haven't built one can't you Learning, slowly... Many thanks Seven of MINE - V378 KKN, 1.8k 140. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver-7 Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 I changed my headlights to the smaller one's, car looks fab, got mine from SVC near Tamworth excellent quailty & you can have the bulbs upgraded for a few pounds. Wiring very straight forward, just make sure you get a good earth and you wont go far wrong ! Cheers Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Pete, I too went the www.s-v-c.co.uk route. IMHO they suit the car much better. Whenever I see a car with the std lights now it looks really bug eyed and horrid. Steve (IIRC) at SVC's is really helpful too. Give him a call. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted May 26, 2005 Support Team Share Posted May 26, 2005 I had a couple of issues when fitting my SVC lights. 1) the wires were a bit on the short side and the connector is hard up against the end of the headlight mount. Not a massive problem but made things more difficult than they needed to be. 2) when tightening the large nut underneath I couldn't get it tight enough - turned out that there is a metal "tang" inside the headlight that stops the threaded section from moving except in my case it had bent and wasn't doing it's job. Be careful when putting it together! Top tip: make sure the mounting tubes are on the car before putting the connector back on - guess who didn't? 😳 Yellow SL #32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 The tang is the same on the SVC lights and the std CC ones IIRC. It can easily be bent by over tightening. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Barkley Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Slight hijack ❗ If anyone is ditching a pair of chrome headlights, or more specially just the rims I'd be interested in them for an idea I have... Thanks - end of hijack Ian Barkley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c7kjt Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 main aspect depends upon what connectors you have at the moment, if it's the later mounting blocks then you should be able to remove the pins from the old connector block and insert the pins on the end of the new block. If it's an older setup with bullet type connectors, as was the case for me, then I decided to ditch the bullets and use some nice mounting blocks and connectors from VWP Kevin Thomas The 7 Gallery... with added BBCi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elie boone Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Don't forget the indicater wire, if you want to do a nice job cut a little hole in the wire harness ( make sure you don't cut any wire ) and feed the indicator wire trough. And yes the tang inside the headlight is easrly bent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Disconect the battery. X/FLOW 1700 DD 1990 ROAD USE ONLY..SO FAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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