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Post Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:40 pm

i took my touring for its first mot since i bought it ,when i bought the car from a dealer i suspected the mot was a duff one as bits didnt work so i was dreading this one,especially considering the cutting and reshaping of the front chassis legs to accomodate the engine conversion. it failed on the angel eye headlights i bought being for a left hand drive car.i obviously didnt check when i bought them of e-bay.still i suppose i should be grateful it was only that :roll:
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Post Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:59 pm

assuming these are based on bmw bits, you can rotate the light in the housing to convert from LDH to RHL setup...

fingers crossed mate!
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Post Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:10 pm

ill hold off ordering a new set until ive checked that out then.they came as complete units already fitted to the metal sub frame and looked exactly like the standard set up.that would certainly be a bonus,thanks mate :wink:
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Post Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:11 pm

thats not bad going at all after all the altering thats went on!
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Post Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:20 pm

just had a search:

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ving+right

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ontinental

i've seen something better somewhere, may be the manual. worth a look if you have one!
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Post Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:26 pm

quality,problem solved i think.there was 2 bald tyres on the rear but thats just wear and tear caused by my propshaft 'testing' winkeye nothing to bother about at all :D
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Post Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:23 pm

you were right enough mate,they are reversable :roll:
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Post Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:26 pm

nice one. i need to change my lights cause cant adjust them but the screws are completly f88ked. No amount of wd40 is working, not even my impact wrench.
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Post Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:00 pm

i had the same problem and the insides where tarnished,thats why i bought the angel eyes because it was cheaper than replacing the lights with standard items.