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Manta B-New Head Lights Wanted


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Hi SENNA1,

One thing to bear in mind is the twin headlight setup is not that good and a set of new old stock squares will be better especially if you upgrade the bulbs.

I was looking to go down this route a while ago and was told of the down side of the twin setup was the poor light performance from them.

HTH,

Ta,

Deano.

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Hi Senna1

I have just obtained 2 new lights for my manta, it has taken me 9-months to achieve, you just have to keep checking eBay as they do keep appearing as people find old stock...! my first one I got lucky and paid £27, second was dearer @ £52. But I now have 2 nice new headlamps that look great.

Good luck with the search,

Guy

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There's headlamps on ebay.de just now. Double check about shipping tho! most sellers won't post items beyond Germany.

GL

Keith

Thanks!I'll have a look then...

Hi SENNA1,

One thing to bear in mind is the twin headlight setup is not that good and a set of new old stock squares will be better especially if you upgrade the bulbs.

I was looking to go down this route a while ago and was told of the down side of the twin setup was the poor light performance from them.

HTH,

Ta,

Deano.

Hi Deano.

I already have the twins.

But,there is corrosion around the bulb 'seats'.

What i need is new lights.Not the housings.

Cheers

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Anyone who cannot find 5 3/4" headlights is just not looking hard enough. You can buy these pretty much anywhere.

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I agree with snowy, purchased a set from the second link about a year ago with no problems.

One thing to bear in mind is the twin headlight setup is not that good and a set of new old stock squares will be better especially if you upgrade the bulbs.

I found the opposite to be true. I think the light is better from the twin set-up (especially with a hid kit fitted). Mind you tho, must be ten years since I drove a manta with the originals fitted so I may be a little biased(sp) :lol:

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I actually bought 4 of the outside type lights (the h4 hi/lo ones) so i now have 4 heads and 4 dips. Makes a bit of a difference alright. Just make sure to wire them properly with a relay otherwise you will keep melting your fuses. Found this out the hard way.... :thumbup:blink:

As you can see by my pic - this is exactly what I did too. On main beam it is stonking Unfortunately UK lighting regs don't allow all 4 dipped beams on at once so had to disable that feature

I do run with 4 sidelights though - like this:

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