After both the headlight with lenses and the headlight bucket in grey, for a 2000 748S. Complete as one or separate.
Thanks guys, Im a regular on the bay of E, narrowly missed out on a few now. Good tip on the euro ones, noticed that myself. Seems to be a few on there with cracked reflectors but dont fancy hacking out the lenses to replace them. How do you crack a reflector and damage the rest of the lights...?
Euro headlights... Euro spec lights are easily converted, you only need the small reflector from inside the dip beam unit - or a replacement (from your old headlight) dip beam unit. My 916 originally had a 'LHD' headlight, I made a new reflector from stainless steel, just a mirror image of the euro reflector.
You can easily replace the glass in a unit as I've done it myself! If you can find a unit with the glass you need but the other side broken, you could get it really cheap! The glass is sealed into the plastic unit by some kind of sealant. I used a sharp knife to cut round this and pull the (broken pieces of) glass out of the plastic. Once all the glass is out you can clean up the sealant off the plastic. Make sure your new glass is clean (use brake cleaner) along with the plastic housing. I then used some silicon window sealant (in black, fiver from B&Q) and put a good dosage all the way round the plastic like glue. There is a channel that this sits in, so it's easy to do. Push the glass into this and then add more sealant around the edge and shape it down with an appropriate tool (ie, wet finger). Leave the end cap/bulb holder off and leave it to cure for as long as possible. You may find it helpful to put it glass down and then weight something on top to keep it under pressure and ensure a good seal. Mine has been good for at least 5 years now without any problems. I've been told by a mate that owns a plastics firm that the milky film on the inside of the glass is caused by the plastic "venting" gas, a natural chemical reaction. As the unit is sealed, there is nowhere for it to go so it sticks to the only other material - the glass - and forms this coating. To get rid of it, you can remove your headlight unit and take out the bulb and lens holder to gain access to the inside of the glass. Then you can wipe the inside with a cloth (lint free is best!) or just spray in some brake cleaner or glass cleaner and wipe it out. Again, I had the same milky problem when I first replaced my glass due to the gas venting (which is why I recommend you leave the cap/bulb off to help the gas escape) but it was easily cleaned and hasn't returned since. Hope this helps.
Cheers Antony, my unit is mashed, the only part usable for spares is the loom and the nearside lense. Even the plastic case is fecked!
At last! I've got a little upgrade to do on mine... I'll send you some pics once it's done to see what you think :wink:
