1 Oct 2018, 1:59pm
Does anyone have a supplier? Want to be able to change the headlight bulbs from the rear without removing the glass.
7" headlight bowls with rear access
3 Oct 2018, 12:23pm
These any good to you? https://ebay.us/fq5Udr
3 Oct 2018, 12:42pm
Afraid not, what I am after is a headlight bowl that can have the rear section removed so I can change the bulb from behind but still offer weather protection.
4 Oct 2018, 7:57am
I'm pretty sure I've seen a fluted metal bowl with rear access on a production Ford, maybe a Corsair. There's a "70 Ford Mustang Headlight Headlamp Adjusting Bowl Bucket" on eBay now but no diameter mentioned.
How about taking a plastic headlamp bowl and slicing it (like the top off a boiled egg!) with a hinge and clip fastener. Do half the cut, then mount the hinge before completing the cut to ensure alignment. If you need good weather protection, take a second bowl and slice a bigger cup shape off it so there's an overlap when brought together. Use self tappers to secure the two parts together.
How about taking a plastic headlamp bowl and slicing it (like the top off a boiled egg!) with a hinge and clip fastener. Do half the cut, then mount the hinge before completing the cut to ensure alignment. If you need good weather protection, take a second bowl and slice a bigger cup shape off it so there's an overlap when brought together. Use self tappers to secure the two parts together.
4 Oct 2018, 8:01am
The ones in my link looked like rear access to me. How can you tell that they are not? I'm probably going to need the same on the car I'm planning, so would be good to find a set now too.
4 Oct 2018, 8:34am
Kon, they are headlights not headlight bowls.
!anA, that was plan B but surely someone must make them.
!anA, that was plan B but surely someone must make them.
4 Oct 2018, 9:51am
The only removable back headlamp bowls I know of are for the Alfa spider. They are 7" but at £70 +VAT + P&P they are not cheap.
I presume you would also need to buy the correct headlamp units to fit them.
Purchase from any of the classic alfa suppliers such as https://classicalfa.com/products.php?product=LT109-HEADLIGHT-BOWL-WITH-REMOVABLE-BACK-COVER-SPIDER-105
or https://www.alfaholics.com/parts/105-series/lights/spider/
I presume you would also need to buy the correct headlamp units to fit them.
Purchase from any of the classic alfa suppliers such as https://classicalfa.com/products.php?product=LT109-HEADLIGHT-BOWL-WITH-REMOVABLE-BACK-COVER-SPIDER-105
or https://www.alfaholics.com/parts/105-series/lights/spider/
4 Oct 2018, 10:58am
Exactly what I wanted but not at that price!
I think I will take a mould of a bowl, cut the back off but a bit shorter and then fit the moulded bowl on top.
I think I will take a mould of a bowl, cut the back off but a bit shorter and then fit the moulded bowl on top.
5 Oct 2018, 12:25pm
Kon, they are headlights not headlight bowls.
Thanks for clarifying, Jag. I'd just assumed those headlights would attach directly to the GRP body, but I see now that the bowls are needed in order to allow for adjusment of the beam angle too.
/hijack
22 Aug 2019, 7:37pm
Were you successful with the headlight bowls? I've only just seen the subject, so have arrived 'late to the party' It would be possible to make a GRP female mould off a plastic headlight bowl, add a flange (say, 1/2 way if that makes sense) and do similar with another mould for the rearmost part, so that the 2 halves can be screwed together from the rear.
22 Aug 2019, 7:57pm
No luck, thought about making them as per your idea but too much work for just changing a bulb.
23 Aug 2019, 3:38pm
Does anyone have a supplier? Want to be able to change the headlight bulbs from the rear without removing the glass.
Is this for a headlight in a 250 SWB (ie no plastic additional cover) or one with an additional plastic cover eg 275 (which may bonded on, so more requirement to access bulb from rear)