914 Rubber Headlight Restoration Kit Group Buy, Working on the final parts now. |
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914 Rubber Headlight Restoration Kit Group Buy, Working on the final parts now. |
Matty900 |
Jan 11 2019, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
We have made all of the parts needed to restore your pop up headlights. We are just finalizing the headlight adjuster screws (that are always stripped out.)
We have made: -New white and black headlight surrounds -New Pivot Shaft bushings -New Push Rods (for the Late Cars) -New Splash Guards (for the Early Cars) -New Brush's -New Adjuster Screws (These are still in process so they will not be in the kits. You will be able to order them later if you need them) -New Adjuster Blocks -Color matched paint for restoring the housing -Option for new LED Headlights -Option for New Headlight Globes -New "Eyebrow" Grommets -New Cad Plated 2 hole and 3 hole backing plates. -New improved Headlight Wiring Harness grommets -New Wiring Harness Anti Chafing edge protectors (for Late cars) This should be a great project and satisfying to complete. You can buy most of these parts now on the new website but we will have a group buy for the Restoration Kit for 914 World Members first. Who wants one? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Attached thumbnail(s) |
gandalf_025 |
Jan 18 2019, 10:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,456 Joined: 25-June 09 From: North Shore, Massachusetts Member No.: 10,509 Region Association: North East States |
I wonder how many of us with Early Cars have surrounds
that look something like this ?? I can't even blame the DAPO.... I painted them in 1973. These repro's would make life a lot easier.... I even cut my rear valance down to look like a later one... DOH... |
mepstein |
Jan 18 2019, 11:46 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,308 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I wonder how many of us with Early Cars have surrounds that look something like this ?? I can't even blame the DAPO.... I painted them in 1973. These repro's would make life a lot easier.... I even cut my rear valance down to look like a later one... DOH... Most of the white headlight surrounds I pick up have been painted black. I'm all for the new ones that 914 rubber are making but the old ones can be brought back. I remove the paint by soaking in mineral spirits and then a long soak in bleach. This usually gets them back to a light cream, not bright white. After this process, if I'm not satisfied, I just paint them white with white plastic paint. If I know I am going to paint them, I skip the soaks and just bead blast them and paint. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy repos, I just don't want people to throw away the originals thinking they are ruined. |
Mikey914 |
Jan 19 2019, 05:53 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,677 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
I wonder how many of us with Early Cars have surrounds that look something like this ?? I can't even blame the DAPO.... I painted them in 1973. These repro's would make life a lot easier.... I even cut my rear valance down to look like a later one... DOH... Most of the white headlight surrounds I pick up have been painted black. I'm all for the new ones that 914 rubber are making but the old ones can be brought back. I remove the paint by soaking in mineral spirits and then a long soak in bleach. This usually gets them back to a light cream, not bright white. After this process, if I'm not satisfied, I just paint them white with white plastic paint. If I know I am going to paint them, I skip the soaks and just bead blast them and paint. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy repos, I just don't want people to throw away the originals thinking they are ruined. The problem is you loose the texture. So yes, you can even paint black ones white, but again the paint does fill some of the texture. These are coming online this next week and will be shipping by Friday. PMs will go out mid week so sign up now if you want the deal. |
BPic |
Jan 19 2019, 06:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 341 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States |
I wonder how many of us with Early Cars have surrounds that look something like this ?? I can't even blame the DAPO.... I painted them in 1973. These repro's would make life a lot easier.... I even cut my rear valance down to look like a later one... DOH... Most of the white headlight surrounds I pick up have been painted black. I'm all for the new ones that 914 rubber are making but the old ones can be brought back. I remove the paint by soaking in mineral spirits and then a long soak in bleach. This usually gets them back to a light cream, not bright white. After this process, if I'm not satisfied, I just paint them white with white plastic paint. If I know I am going to paint them, I skip the soaks and just bead blast them and paint. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy repos, I just don't want people to throw away the originals thinking they are ruined. The problem is you loose the texture. So yes, you can even paint black ones white, but again the paint does fill some of the texture. These are coming online this next week and will be shipping by Friday. PMs will go out mid week so sign up now if you want the deal. @Mikey914 Do you have a price yet? |
Matty900 |
Feb 9 2019, 10:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
@Mikey914 Do you have a price yet?
[/quote] The Price will depend on what you want in your kit. The Group Buy price is for $60 off Make sure to look at not only the options you can add on to the kit, but also the suggested parts that are below the listings for things you may need while you are in there. PM Sent |
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