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Offline BlazinGTI

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repairing hella twins?
« on: 25 February 2009, 16:43 »
Just took a punt on some twin headlights for my mk3, slight crack on one of the lenses.

 - can you buy replacement glass? and if not does anyone know of any clear glass repairing sealant stuff that i could use? its only a tiny crack but last thing i want is them misting up or corroding on the inside!

cheers guys

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Re: repairing hella twins?
« Reply #1 on: 25 February 2009, 16:49 »
Sure this was asked before and recently! Try a SEARCH mate!
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Re: repairing hella twins?
« Reply #2 on: 25 February 2009, 16:57 »
Sure this was asked before and recently! Try a SEARCH mate!

Search doesn't always bring up results though, you could spend hours searching through pages of threads and still not find the answer you wanted. Dec actually proved this the other day. I've even done it in the past too, so saying 'try a search' ain't too helpful really.


BlazinGTI;

Are yours the smoked type or the clear type, and which lense is cracked, is it an outer lamp or an inner lamp? As my dad may have a spare.
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Re: repairing hella twins?
« Reply #3 on: 25 February 2009, 17:14 »
there clear and its the inside lense dude, if he does have one drop me a message. cheers

Len - good point mate, i must try harder!!!

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Re: repairing hella twins?
« Reply #4 on: 25 February 2009, 17:38 »
Just took a punt on some twin headlights for my mk3, slight crack on one of the lenses.

 - can you buy replacement glass? and if not does anyone know of any clear glass repairing sealant stuff that i could use? its only a tiny crack but last thing i want is them misting up or corroding on the inside!

cheers guys

were these the ones for sale on ebay in reading?

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Re: repairing hella twins?
« Reply #5 on: 25 February 2009, 17:38 »
I was looking for a replacement, got hold of Hella uk, they put me on to a local dealer, who quoted me £105 for ONE lamp... :shocked:

I sold em on ebay for £20, no way was I paying that kind of money
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Re: repairing hella twins?
« Reply #6 on: 25 February 2009, 19:18 »
Best bet is to see if anybody sells a broken set with the parts needed (hella know how to charge!!)
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Re: repairing hella twins?
« Reply #7 on: 26 February 2009, 08:33 »
Personally I have always found a "SEARCH" worthwhile! :smug:

It does help however if you are accurate in what you ask for! A wooly search will get loads of answers! So be specific! keywords is what you should use.

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Re: repairing hella twins?
« Reply #8 on: 26 February 2009, 10:32 »

were these the ones for sale on ebay in reading?
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yeah they where mate! this is where you tell me there stolen or a load of rubbish!! haha

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Re: repairing hella twins?
« Reply #9 on: 26 February 2009, 10:42 »

were these the ones for sale on ebay in reading?

[/quote] yeah they where mate! this is where you tell me there stolen or a load of rubbish!! haha
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haha no, i was gonna buy em!! how much you get them for in the end?