Date:         Mon, 11 May 2009 23:21:31 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Headlight Dilemma
Comments: To: Mister Tom <TomsGroups@SALICOS.COM>
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This light/lamp situation is going to get miserable before it gets
better - mainly because those adjusters are NLA. Unless our list vendors
ae carrying them - and I haven't seen any - the SA lamps will be hard to
come by for replacing any broken ones. The bulbs are available, but
getting those flat glass lamps will be though. I checked to see if
either the inboard or outboard reflectors were available and the US
distributor of that brand said they were not made in the US and they
could not get them from European sources. Not sure that is true, but it
could make it problematical..

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Mister Tom wrote:
> On an ’87 the right side headlights are smashed. Also grill is toast.
> Bucket MAY be straightened but the adjusters are creamed.
>
> So, what’s better:  Convert to SA grill and round headlights or find the
> replacements for the square ones?  I know the vertical adjuster for the
> square ones is NLA, but if I go to the SA solution, do I have better chances
> of finding all the parts?
>
> I’d appreciate suggestions for the best path here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Salicos
>
>
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