Right and Left Headlight Buckets?

Cruz · 09-17-2007

I have done a search and spent quite a bit of time reading...... but..........
It seems to me I have read somewhere that the headlight buckets come in a left and right? if so how do i tell the difference...... i spent a few hours trying to get the buckets lined up with the body after swapping the rotators..... but it still seems there is a small height difference on the side towards the center of the car..........

namba209 · 09-17-2007

Originally Posted by Cruz

I have done a search and spent quite a bit of time reading...... but..........
It seems to me I have read somewhere that the headlight buckets come in a left and right? if so how do i tell the difference...... i spent a few hours trying to get the buckets lined up with the body after swapping the rotators..... but it still seems there is a small height difference on the side towards the center of the car..........

You have to look carefully around the edge of the buckets, there is an L and R stamped in the vertical edge. They could have been painted over and are hard to see.

Cruz · 09-17-2007

Thanx Ron.....
Thats what i thought...... so the PO had them backwards along time ago............

azopelnut · 09-17-2007

Originally Posted by namba209

You have to look carefully around the edge of the buckets, there is an L and R stamped in the vertical edge.

Ron
is that on the outside or inside of the cover?
BTW
Will Willit be at Coronado?

namba209 · 09-18-2007

Paul, IIRC it's where the cover panel over the headlghts fits. So you'd have to pull the cover to see where the stamped L/R is. To answer your question it would be on the outside of the bucket, and, yes, Willit? will hopefully be at Coronado, I want to get it on the mobile dyno it it's there this year.

09-17-2007	#1 (permalink)
Cruz Opeler Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tumwater Wa. Posts: 56	Unanswered: Right and Left Headlight Buckets? I have done a search and spent quite a bit of time reading...... but.......... It seems to me I have read somewhere that the headlight buckets come in a left and right? if so how do i tell the difference...... i spent a few hours trying to get the buckets lined up with the body after swapping the rotators..... but it still seems there is a small height difference on the side towards the center of the car.......... __________________ Cruz "Slot Car" (73 GT) Under Construction Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. -Albert Einstein

09-17-2007	#3 (permalink)
Cruz Opeler Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tumwater Wa. Posts: 56	Thanxs Thanx Ron..... Thats what i thought...... so the PO had them backwards along time ago............ __________________ Cruz "Slot Car" (73 GT) Under Construction Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. -Albert Einstein

09-18-2007	#5 (permalink)
namba209 6,000 Post Club Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Imperial Beach, CA South of San Diego Posts: 6,054 Provided Answers: 6	Paul, IIRC it's where the cover panel over the headlghts fits. So you'd have to pull the cover to see where the stamped L/R is. To answer your question it would be on the outside of the bucket, and, yes, Willit? will hopefully be at Coronado, I want to get it on the mobile dyno it it's there this year. __________________ Ron 72 GT 3.4L V-6/T-5/ZF posi - almost done - Just need AC installed. 75 Chevy monza 5.7L/TH350/Auburn 3.08 posi - Next

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