Carson
HalfDork
1/28/09 10:28 a.m.
What is the technical name of the black round piece in this picture and where can I find them?
Searches for "headlight(lamp) socket" yields electrical connections and "headlight(lamp) bucket" doesn't get what I'm looking for.
I need two for a project, They don't have to be for a Miata, just need to accept 7" headlights. Junk yard only items?
Headlamp housing, headlamp adjuster, headlamp doohickey, rusted pile of E36 M3
Take your pick.
Carson
HalfDork
1/28/09 11:19 a.m.
I live in North Carolina, we don't have rusted piles of E36 M3, but I'll try the other three.
If it was a British car you could just make up a name and people would still help you find one rather than admit they don't know what it is
Carson
HalfDork
1/28/09 11:45 a.m.
Ah! Coincidentally I am also looking for a 7" head torch bucket to prise under the bonnet by turning the spanner in an anti-clockwise direction for my Leyland Yellow Fang.
I need two 5.75" ones also. They can be of al-you-men-e-um or steel, preferably of monocoque construction.
(I'm English so no one should be offended by this)
I've always called them 'headlight buckets'. I think Motormite used to have them in their 'HELP' line but now all they show is the retaining rings.
headlight mountings?
Not something I ever really thought about before
Carson
HalfDork
1/28/09 5:59 p.m.
Welp, I'm going to go down to the pick-n-pull this weekend to see if I can find some.
Thanks for the input!
If I can't find anything, I'll have to make some.
Woody
Dork
1/28/09 6:11 p.m.
You can find one, exactly like the one in the picture (complete with headlight), in my basement. Yours for the cost of shipping. Drop me an e-mail.
+1 for bezel, everyone has to call the same part by a different name to be cool.
Carson
HalfDork
1/28/09 7:50 p.m.
benzbaron: So by you also calling it bezel does that make it no longer cool?
Woody: I'll see what I can dig up around here, if nothing, I'll shoot you that email, thanks for the offer!
I had to replace one on my bike before, sold one for an old volvo, and had someone try to just buy the bezel off of a set of c126 mercedes SEC lights, so I know the meaning of the word bezel.
You have to go down the parts list names to figure out what you need to buy.
where's keith when you need him?