a7x Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 sup went in this morning for an MOT... and failed on one thing... headlamp pattern there was none with it having plastic lens and we all know what happens with them in the end lol... So had to ring round and do ebay and other places and on here as well to get a pair of glass one's... and finally keron had one pair left... so I snapped it off from him but the price was well thank god I was sitting down at the time... many thanks keron... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 £330 or there abouts for a new pair so not exactly crazy money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 You smoothed your lenses then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyboyo1 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I think he means they were cloudy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Well I'm confused as the plastic lens can't fail as it's a standard oem part. And even cloudy shouldn't fail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_ufo Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 sup went in this morning for an MOT... and failed on one thing... headlamp pattern there was none with it having plastic lens and we all know what happens with them in the end lol... So had to ring round and do ebay and other places and on here as well to get a pair of glass one's... and finally keron had one pair left... so I snapped it off from him but the price was well thank god I was sitting down at the time... many thanks keron... I have got a spare set mate, your not that far off could of borrowed it off me (i dont like letting things go) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7x Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 £330 or there abouts for a new pair so not exactly crazy money £377... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 £377... I guess i'm getting a bit more discount than you then but still pretty cheap compared to say GTR headlights etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyboyo1 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Facelifts are £599 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamiiboii Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 cloudy lenses will fail regArdless of them being oem because the light needs to ouput a pattern and that also needs to be calibrated for height so if i was you id make sure you adjust them before taking in for retest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 They've got to be really, REALLY bad to fail for deterioration. I mean, really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Facelifts are £599 Last quote i got on Facelifts was £550 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7x Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) They've got to be really, REALLY bad to fail for deterioration. I mean, really bad. here is a picture of both plastic (above) and glass (below), you can see the damage of plastic after 20 years... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4207814090905&set=p.4207814090905&type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4207814090905&set=p.4207814090905&type=1&theater Edited May 14, 2014 by a7x wrong url... (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Just says I can't view the page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7x Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Just says I can't view the page it'll let me put a url from a web page picture up but won't let me upload from my pc picture file... is it anything to do that my camera size is 13 mega-pixel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I've wondered this myself about the smoothed out plastic lenses, the kits you can buy or even the DIY versions that people on here have made, would they pass an MOT because they are smoothed out and dont have any pattern lines ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Bring back the good old 7 inch and 5 and 3/4 inch round sealed beam units! These stylised things are crazy money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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