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) |
Mikey914 |
Jan 14 2019, 12:43 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,649 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
The GB will have several "options" the main selling point is of course the surrounds, but the brushes that have been NLA for forever and the rubber flap with the metal holder and even the screw are available in the GB.
Many of you have know we have made the adjuster stops for years, we finally made an improved version of the adjuster screw also. So while it is a "kit" and you will be able to buy the parts individually, we have set up the greatest discount for the entire package. Matt is also working on instructions for this also. The flap is not as intuitive as you would think. So you will be able to follow along (at least for the early as it's the most complicated). There are some variation on the "early" vs "late" in the arms and bushings. and will have the "late" (black) surrounds. We saw the need for the white version as these were being sold used in the $100+ range. An interesting note - when we went to match the color we had 3 sets and they varied in shades, even had a nice set that was smooth. So we sanded the inside of the housing and determined they were actually all the same color. The smooth one worried us as it would have meant another set of dies. On a hunch (as it was more of an antique white color) I sanded the outside. I found that someone had done a very nice job of restoring a set using a lot of paint and sanding a few times. SO the mystery was solved. We will have more information on how we will package the GB later in the week. I can tell you this will make a nice Saturday afternoon project (maybe weekend if you repaint the housing - with paint we can include). Thanks to all for your support while I've been away at the day job, I'm just about done and ready to come back with many more parts! Mark |
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