uprating 200 front end

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mrsnoops

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evening, can anyone give me any tips in replacing the front grill/headlights on my 200 with the identical items of a 300. am i right in thinking that the front panel onto which the said items are attached also requires replacing, any help would be appreciated :confused:
 
you can change the front panels or modify your one with a hammer and a drill

when you buy the head lights make sure you get the ajusters
 
mine is a 200tdi with 300 lights in i didn change the front panel, the lights are fully ajustable for alighment, it passed the mot and i can see where im goin in the dark and they haven fell out yet
 

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thank you mark-d & sambodisco for your replies hopefully by uprating to the later headlights it will improve the intensity of my present headlights & prevent the tarnishing the n/s one is starting to suffer from.
 
this conversion was covered in one of the magazines a year or so ago, it seemed one hell of a lot of work just for bigger lights, they were cutting and welding all sorts of stuff
 
I've got some 300 lights for mine , might get chance this weekend to do it, I made a template of a 300 front panel so i know where the adjusters go, doesn't look like a bad job just a bit of time with the file getting the shape of the adjuster hole right.
I prefer the 200 front, but need better lights, I'll try to get some pics of the job.
 
I could do with a copy of the template - if it can be published or pm'd I would be very grateful (I've got all the bits, just need to cut my front panels)

Cheers, Peter.
 
Sorry for not acknowledging you replies but due to work commitments i don't always get time to fire up the old computer. Dent I'd be very interested to hear & to see how you get on with your modification, personally i think it might be worth the time & effort just to have an better night time vision. The thought of binge eating carrots does not appeal to me.
 
Dent said:
I've got some 300 lights for mine , might get chance this weekend to do it, I made a template of a 300 front panel so i know where the adjusters go, doesn't look like a bad job just a bit of time with the file getting the shape of the adjuster hole right.
I prefer the 200 front, but need better lights, I'll try to get some pics of the job.
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If you prefer the older front, then couldn't you just renew any tarnished lamps & fit legal uprated 60% brighter Xenon gas filled bulbs (still filament of course). Ring do a decent set which I've found to be a brilliant upgrade on previous cars for around the £20 mark.
 
i didnt use the plastic part of the adjusters just drilled the front panel and tacked a nut to it and screwed the threaded part with the ball on into it. that looked an easier option and was easy they was in within a couple of hours
 
the problem i have is that both headlights are badly tarnished & they definitely will not pass the mot, I'd thought about getting the headlights re-chromed like i did for my mgf headlights but this can work out quite expensive. So the other option would be to carry out the full facelift but thanks a lot for the info.
 
stupid question mark-d as well as fitting the bigger headlights did you have to modify the front panel with regards to fitting the later grill & indicators
 
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