Are Elipsoids RHD/LHD specific? (I may have bought a pair in error)

[Nj]

So I had this cunning plan to try fitting elipsoids in my B3 (yes, yes. when I go and collect it from Kit in Wales). Based upon this thread http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52559

Because Finland is quite dark half of the year and standard coupe/cabby/80 headlights are ****.

But after sourcing a pair I've realised my cunning plan may be flawed. Because they came from a RHD car and mine is LHD.

Sooooo... what I'm asking is whether I've been a dumbass and bought a pair of elipsoids that won't work in a LHD country? Or are they switchable like my nice A4 lights?

If I have been a dumbass then I will probably have a pair of elipsoids for sale rather soon.
cheers

[Nuvo]

I'm afraid you've made a boob Noel. You need specific LHD units for your country.

[Nj]

ah nuts. answered my own question. they are changeable but requires cutting and welding. I can't weld and i'm most likely to make a bollcks of it and ruin a perfectly nice pair of elipsoids.
looks like these are for sale then.
doh!

[Nj]

I'm afraid you've made a boob Noel. You need specific LHD units for your country.

haha. yeah. sounds like it Rob

[Nuvo]

How are they changeable? The reflectors are fundamentally different.

[Nj]

"with difficulty" I believe is the answer
Forgot the link in the last post

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42295&highlight=elipsoid

[Nj]

And I'm back to wondering how the hell I can improve the headlights in my CQ20v

[gavs20v]

There is a lever on the back of the headlight which flattens the beam ( not ideal )

A set of HID's will do the trick as well as simply polishing the lenses

Gav

[Zoig]

AFAIK there should be markings on the glass indicating that they are ment for RHD cars, if someone is smart enough they could figure it out during the car inspection.

Retrofitting aftermarket ellipsoids into the light should do the trick (2.5" Mini H1 for example) and get you a correct beam pattern, but you would need to figure out how to mount them properly with adapters to the stock mounts or something similiar.

[Error404]

relay the headlamps

[GT500]

I can swap them over to lhd. Quite involved but is as it should be.

[quattrodave]

OK I'm confused as I thought the RHD and LHD elipsoids had the same lenses (as in main outer lenses) but the difference was in the elipsoid unit fitted within the headlamp there is a LHD and a RHD version where the cutoff is in effect opposite like viewing in a mirror ? I believe this is where GT500 does the work to cut and reweld the cutoff part to convert ? (correct me if I'm wrong) as I have LHD elipsoids on my car I swapped 2 RHD inner elipsoid units from an early (might have been late 100) pair of A6 hella RHD headlamps to convert mine so I have 2 x LHD new elipsoid lens units spare.

[GT500]

OK I'm confused as I thought the RHD and LHD elipsoids had the same lenses (as in main outer lenses) but the difference was in the elipsoid unit fitted within the headlamp there is a LHD and a RHD version where the cutoff is in effect opposite like viewing in a mirror ? I believe this is where GT500 does the work to cut and reweld the cutoff part to convert ? (correct me if I'm wrong) as I have LHD elipsoids on my car I swapped 2 RHD inner elipsoid units from an early (might have been late 100) pair of A6 hella RHD headlamps to convert mine so I have 2 x LHD new elipsoid lens units spare.

Yes dead right. Lenses are the same. All done within the elipsoid unit.

[Nj]

thanks for your input gents. All thoughts of alterations are truly out of the window as the original seller of the units just told me he had a good offer for the whole car and took it. refund for the lights coming my way (and other bits I had agreed and paid for). sucks balls.

so anyway, HIDs. I can't fit those in a standard reflector headlamp unit can I? Only in projector units?
cheers

[martinjs]

The spot welded parts are handed, so need splitting and swapping about.