RHD and LHD headlights

[goos]

I tried to do some searches on the net about the headlights of the ae86:

Seems there is LHD and RHD headlights but also some models got lights that are for both. How do I know what cars got what?

[Gtsi-R]

cars with RHD headlights, have the steering wheel most of the time at the right side

lights that are fore both.. I think meaning by that, the car was original build LHD and RHD..

so the lights can be exchanged

becouse the lights provide a specific light vieuw

and RHD en LHD provide the opposit light vieuw of each other..

cheers,

Roel

[goos]

I know all that, what I was asking is that if there is cars with lights that are adjustable to both right and left traffic what models are those.

(If I import a japanese car to Finland I have to change the lights or adjust them so that the car clears MOT)

[banpei]

AFAIK the Levin and Trueno both have either RHD or LHD, not lights suitable for both...

[Gtsi-R]

lights suitable for both do not exist

[goos]

Okidoki seems i need to buy a pair in advance then so I get it thru MOT when it arrives.

How do I know if lights are RHD or LHD?

[banpei]

Set the car up facing a wall with 90 degrees. If the lights make an arc goiin down towards right, you have LHD, if the lights make an arc to the left, you have a RHD.

[goos]

banpei Wrote:Set the car up facing a wall with 90 degrees. If the lights make an arc goiin down towards right, you have LHD, if the lights make an arc to the left, you have a RHD.

He, thats quite obvious I was refering to a situation if I am buying a pair of headlights of the internets . Are there any part numbers or such i should look for?

[hachirokuGTV]

QUESTION!
So if you have a Trueno and the lights a just those 6 x7 universal sealed beam units, could you just buy either LHD or RHD and swap them from side to side?............... Or upside down would work! Right?

[banpei]

goos Wrote:He, thats quite obvious I was refering to a situation if I am buying a pair of headlights of the internets . Are there any part numbers or such i should look for?

I (or someone else) can look them up.

hachirokuGTV Wrote:QUESTION!
So if you have a Trueno and the lights a just those 6 x7 universal sealed beam units, could you just buy either LHD or RHD and swap them from side to side?............... Or upside down would work! Right?

My experience with putting a right LHD beam into the left popup was that the beam is sloping to the right, so if you turn it upsidedown it would indeed slope to the otherside... However the lightbulb only fits one way, so you should change the lightbulb-fitting to fit it upsidedown.