HY Van Headlights

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HY Van Headlights

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I have a 1981 HY van whose headlights have lost their silvering

does anyone know where I can get new internals for the lights or whether the front of the light can be replaced with a modern sealed unit
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Der Franzose have nothing? That's where I'd look first.
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theres plenty of head lamps about as they are the same as dersh ( 2CV ) light units,

how about these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-2cv-L ... 1266934233" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

or Franzose
scroll down the page in the link below

http://www.franzose.de/en/Citroen-2CV/A ... en/Page-2/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by Gibbo2286 »

One of my neighbours successfully bodged his headlamp reflectors for the MOT by lining them with the silver plastic stuff that teabags come in, tried first with baking foil but it wasn't reflective enough :)
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Post by Stickyfinger »

You can do a "temp" repair with Mylar sheet

http://www.growell.co.uk/reflex-mylar-r ... eting.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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