The outer headlights had gone
the way of most QI units, rotten and
replaced with new QI lenses and bulbs.
The back cups on the inner smaller units
were rotten to the core but the wonderful
sealed beams were still as shiny as new.
New plastic inners were sourced
and fitted easily apart from the devious
connectors. I thought I could get away
with cleaning up the outer cups and
fitting new retaining rings but they were
too rotten to hold the lenses properly so
on the fabled trip for the choke cable I
spied more goodies from a poor old Landy
with new plastic headlamp units and they
were soon mine.
And here they are
I reconditioned them somewhat at
my leisure and some of that equaly fabled
resin was pressed into service on the
chrome rims to prevent the march of rot.
I replaced various lenses on indicators
and fog lights and will soon fit my new
outer shells. I also got the outer sealed
beams from Landy, when my new QI lenses
rot, old technology will prevail.
Now where is that Citroen BX?
|
