Are Ebay Elipsoids any good

[Greg_S]

Are the housings the same between elipsoids and projectors?

[macspring]

Obviously most prefer prefer Hella, but if your stuck, it just shows how cheap they can be made ?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/SCHEINWERFER-...3D171332683254

[newsh]

I bought an eBay headlight for the wife's skoda fabia, within 2 years it looked older than the original on the other side of the car..

[johnboy 3169]

What's involved in changing the shields over? Is it just a case of simply disassembling the headlight and transferring the parts from one to the other or is there any fabrication type work needed to make it work? I wouldn't like hacking into a new set of lights if it can be helped. I've never stripped these headlights down to the bare components so not to sure what the setup is.

It took me about 45 mins to strip the headlight down to individual components not too difficult just take your time and take lots of pictures.

Take your time taking the seal out as mine was stuck to the plastic I think they are NLA.

Oh and Merry Christmas I take it santa didn't get one for you then

[gmac78]

Merry Christmas to you to mate. Stuck offshore for the festivities this year so no presents for me unfortunately, i may have to do a spot of online retail therapy to cheer myself up. So it's just a case of stripping the headlight down to the individual components and transferring the parts across, sounds easy enough then if there's no physical modifications needed.

[quattrodave]

Takes about 2 minutes to remove the glass (take off the clips, prise apart carefully so as not to damage the seals).

Unwind the reflector housing using a 10mm socket or a 8mm allen key on the rear adjusters.

Don't touch the reflector surface.

Once the reflector is out you can remove the projector, 4 screws from memory, then take it apart to change the shield for a RHD one that way you get to keep the new projector bowl with the replacement shield housing (it includes the lens which you may want to clean or change for the new LHD one that came with the lamp)

I used a pair of A6 Hella projectors for the RHD shields, but if you're stuck it is possible to reverse a LHD shield to RHD but it involves some fabrication.

Took me about 15 mins per lamp to do mine carefully.

[gmac78]

Good detailed description there, thanks for the input.

[Rusty]

Is the glass still available?

[Audicted]

....Take your time taking the seal out as mine was stuck to the plastic I think they are NLA.

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Seals are still available, got two sets earlier this year.

[Waterboy]

Is the glass still available?

I need some glass for mine as well. RH side.

[quattrostyle]

Jup elipsoid glasses are stil available.

[Rusty]

Tradition?

[bilko0795]

Got a pair from Tps 6 months ago.

[quattrostyle]

Tradition?

Some webshops still list them, also in the UK AFAIK

[quattrodave]

Also on ebay, LHD/RHD are same as projector creates the cutoff.

Left one here - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HELLA-Stre...3D171343854548