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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: HuwMk2 on 16 January 2010, 11:56

Title: MK2 inner lamps/spots
Post by: HuwMk2 on 16 January 2010, 11:56: Just spoken to my local dealer and the inner spots for a mk2 are obsolete, and headlamps too!

Does anybody know of anywhere that has stock of the inner spots? Thanks.
Title: Re: MK2 inner lamps/spots
Post by: beechymonza on 16 January 2010, 11:58: Try e,bay,
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Post by: ben harcombe on 16 January 2010, 13:04: i've got a set in a grille i have for sale let me know if your intrested
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Post by: johnson6672 on 16 January 2010, 14:13: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-HELLA-SPOTLIGHTS-VW-GOLF-MK2-BRAND-NEW-RARE_W0QQitemZ170432081554QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item27ae8b2e92
Title: Re: MK2 inner lamps/spots
Post by: Thom89 on 16 January 2010, 15:57: Old ones can be brought back to life by soaking them in a strong bleach solution for half a day, new adjuster kits are still available from the dealer/GSF mine are like new, and don't look 20yrs old. OE Hella outers are available from GSF £18ish...
Thom
Title: Re: MK2 inner lamps/spots
Post by: HuwMk2 on 16 January 2010, 18:02: Quote from: johnson6672 on 16 January 2010, 14:13
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-HELLA-SPOTLIGHTS-VW-GOLF-MK2-BRAND-NEW-RARE_W0QQitemZ170432081554QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item27ae8b2e92

Cheers!
Title: Re: MK2 inner lamps/spots
Post by: HuwMk2 on 16 January 2010, 18:02: Quote from: thom89 on 16 January 2010, 15:57
Old ones can be brought back to life by soaking them in a strong bleach solution for half a day, new adjuster kits are still available from the dealer/GSF mine are like new, and don't look 20yrs old. OE Hella outers are available from GSF £18ish...
Thom

Tell me more please...
Title: Re: MK2 inner lamps/spots
Post by: Thom89 on 16 January 2010, 20:30: Mine looked shabby, inner lenses were dirty, the white bead of sealer that bonds the lens to the reflector had turned yellow, and the adjusters were rusting, and suffered broken clips.
Lamps were stripped, and submerged in bucket of very hot water and probably a couple of cups full of bleach, as said above, left for half a day or so, then emptied , and flushed with clean hot water, and forced dry with a hot air gun, the lens should now be sparkling, and the yellow sealer returned to white, any stone chipping on the lenses, can be treated with a clear wax, then finished with new adjusters, and good quality bulbs...

Here's mine, inner's are 20 years old, outers are 6 months!

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/thom62/GolfPhotolibrary032.jpg)

Thom
Title: Re: MK2 inner lamps/spots
Post by: dubber36 on 16 January 2010, 21:09: According to the cover car story in Febs PVW, inner lamps can still be bought new from Hella stockists.
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Post by: rubjonny on 18 January 2010, 12:10: just be aware 7 slat and 5 slat spots are different, as i found out. got a brand new 7 slat one here thats no good to me :grin: