Aircooled VW South Africa

buggyfan wrote:

MarshallGTi wrote:bump... bugspray have u got a link to your rides thread? i'd also like to see whats needed to fit golf lights, as my bugs standard ones arent nearly bright enough...

remove 1 of your headflights and take a pic of the inside of the light bucket so we can see which fenders youve got

my light bucket



the light

I would rather fit new night breakers to my car,or invest in old spots then go this route. Also try rechroming the reflector dish, or replacing them completely with a new set. I've done all three on my bus, and the light is good

my problem is i cant adjust either light - right side is missing one adjuster screw completely, left has broken clips where the adjuster screw fits. also the left has a shiny chrome reflector dish and h4 bulb, while right has old school fat round dull bulb and a really kak dish.

hence --->

You have the correct tabs, Golf lights will be a straight fit. Just get some self tappers, mount the lights with the 3 screws and you are good to go

I have Golf crystals with nightbreakers on my Type 3 and the lights are even better than my Jetta's crappy Rallye lights.

May have to do some rewiring for the parklight though...but other than that it's easy.

don't get me started on those rallye lights... when i still had my CLi i had to replace bulbs every 6 months or so and it took ages to find a shop that sold the correct bulb

so do the self-tappers mount the light to the bucket or to the chrome ring?

i'm thinking the OE Hella lights, whats your opinion on the quality = brightness + beam pattern of the aftermarket crystal lights?

just thinking about it will only confuse you.
Go to Midas, as the guy to show you the Golf 1 headlight, and you will see it comes complete with a mounting ring, that has its own adjusters on it, it is complete. you only use your Chrome ring to make it pretty.

You take it home, offer it up to the 3 tags with the light marking "Top" pointing to top. Mark off the 3 holes, that is if they do not line up to holes in the new light fitting location ring.

If holes line up, put in self tappers, if not, like in my case, you drill small clearance holes where you marked it off, and then fit them with self tappers.

It will onll make sense once you see the new light fitting.

Herman

Get original Hella lights from a Mk1, the aftermarket crystals sandblast and chip easily. Hellas are of way better quality and super easy to find, everyone changes for crystals and let the originals go for a few rands

I fitted golf hella's with xenon kit in my type 1. R750 for xenon kit better than all you night breakers.

Yeah and then you blind other road users with your xenon kit that just shines a bright patch of light with no real focus....xenon kits only work well when you have an ellipsoidal ball reflector to correctly focus the light. Ever wonder why all factory xenon lights come with a ball reflector built into the light?

retrovan wrote:just thinking about it will only confuse you.
Go to Midas, as the guy to show you the Golf 1 headlight, and you will see it comes complete with a mounting ring, that has its own adjusters on it, it is complete. you only use your Chrome ring to make it pretty.

You take it home, offer it up to the 3 tags with the light marking "Top" pointing to top. Mark off the 3 holes, that is if they do not line up to holes in the new light fitting location ring.

If holes line up, put in self tappers, if not, like in my case, you drill small clearance holes where you marked it off, and then fit them with self tappers.

It will onll make sense once you see the new light fitting.

Herman

Blitzkrieg wrote:Get original Hella lights from a Mk1, the aftermarket crystals sandblast and chip easily. Hellas are of way better quality and super easy to find, everyone changes for crystals and let the originals go for a few rands

thanks guys, this kinda positive help is why i enjoy this here forum... when i get round to it i'll try see if i can make a DIY guide.

Blitzkrieg wrote:Yeah and then you blind other road users with your xenon kit that just shines a bright patch of light with no real focus....xenon kits only work well when you have an ellipsoidal ball reflector to correctly focus the light. Ever wonder why all factory xenon lights come with a ball reflector built into the light?

i've seen some creative use of that Lamin-X headlight film to try get a better beam pattern, but yes i agree an ellipsoidal holder is preferable - if u can find one.

I wanted to fit citi golf lights to my early bay to increase visibility.
Here's a picture if the headlight bucket. Clearly no tabs


I made some tabs with stainless steel and rivited some rivnuts on
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I got the new Hella lights but had to modify the section where it bolts on


Done!

Now that looks smart, well done....

Tip;- If you take a small countersunk screw and fit it into the open holes, with a nut at the back, cut the screw short, it will look as if it was always this way.


Herman

Hi Guys,

I've also recently needed to change my beetle's headlights and the headlight buckets also like didi wrote - had only one screw hole as I had the older entire headlight unit with chrome fitting attached (old round bulbs).

I have managed to drill some holes inside the headlight buckets and fitted the Golf 1's Hella headlights with self tapping screws. Then only problem now is that the chrome trim that has the three holes doesn't fit nicely and there are gaps between the chrome trim and the Golf 1's Hella headlight. Almost like the Golf 1's headlight is smaller?

Would a new chrome fitting with only the one screw hole at the bottom (that I could purchase from Volkspares and apparently are the ones for the Golf 1 headlights) fit better and close the gaps?