changing Headlights

hi guys,

I've just bought a 79 series 3 ltwt ex mod 12v its RHD and as I live in France I need to change the head lights, I found these on fleabay

Land Rover Series II / III Sealed Beam Light Kit LHD on eBay (end time 05-Jun-10 17:55:25 BST)

are they any good for what i need - the current headlights are wing mounted!

cheers

Yes they will fit.

mega...cheers dude

You can make the beam pattern non illegal by rotating the sealed beam unit, you just have to make a notch for the tab on the glass in the new position, I've done this on a couple of bikes, it works but the beam isnt great.
Can you not find a local landy in a scrapper?
The previous owner of my landy put non sealed beam headlights in, they use H4 bulbs and there are no ridges in the glass fron, just a clear flat piece of glass, I think its sposed to look modern, but looks crap on a 70's landy.

At that price it's worth getting the proper units - two sets so you can carry a spare (isn't this a requirement in France?) I can get rhd units at near trade and they're not much cheaper than this. Dr Pepper - one of the conversions just replaces the reflectors and leaves the bowls in place so refitting sealed beam units is easy. You might get lucky.......

I assumed with the bowls being plastic that they are part of the conversion, as I'd not expect placcy on a vehicle of this age.
Might stick em on eblag, see if they cover the cost of a pair of newuns.

Plastic bowls are not uncommon as replacements 'cos the metal ones turn to dust - I've got plastic ones on mine.