Old school headlight mesh guards.

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Old school headlight mesh guards.

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My latest purchase from ebay is a pair of 7" stainless steel headlight mesh guards.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0847421935
Quality is excellent and corrosion won't be happening like the original chromed items.
7 inch mesh guards.JPG
The seller also does the 5 3/4" guards for the P[L]510 for example, 2 pair cheaper than the 7" ones.
Should look neat on the SP310 when the time comes 8) 8)
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I know this is a super old thread, but any pics on the car? Curious to see how they would look?

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They look fine :) , but they don't fit :(
The 3 tabs welded on the rim are 120deg apart whereas the Roadster tabs are offset!
Not an insurmountable problem but a low priority at this time :roll:
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Oh, ok...I google this, and saw a green one with these? They looked pretty good?

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I like the look, I got a set from someone here, and haven't installed them yet, I hope they fit!
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I had some on my 67.5 they looked good and worked great.
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Nissanman wrote:They look fine :) , but they don't fit :(
The 3 tabs welded on the rim are 120deg apart whereas the Roadster tabs are offset!
Not an insurmountable problem but a low priority at this time :roll:
Curious if indexing of the RHD headlights are different than the LHD cars in the "bucket".
Glass fluting is definitely different. Ours beam right as to not blind oncoming motorists.
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