Lucas headlight with a modern halogen bulb?

fin_du_monde said:

I mean it's identical.

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Sorry, but what exactly is identical to what?

There are four curved glass Lucas units on the holden site. They have used the same image for all four. It would appear to be a left hand dip/right hand drive example. I guess they couldn't be bothered to photograph each one individually. As two are labelled LHD, and two are labelled RHD, you would expect that they dip in opposite directions so two of them are right hand dipping for use on the continent or anywhere else they choose to drive on the wrong side of the road. Whether they are referring to right/left hand drive or dip is anybody's guess, but my money's on drive.

fin_du_monde said:

Whether they are referring to right/left hand drive or dip is anybody's guess, but my money's on drive.

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Ok, Holdens do seem to mean left hand drive/right hand dip when they say LHD and that's certainly a right hand dip unit shown here:

http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproduct. ... e=010.266#

" 7" Halogen Wipac Headlamp Assembly - LHD
Main and dip beams with sidelight, plastic reflector, plastic backshell, gasket and wiring harness. 'E' Marked. Fitted with 12 volt Halogen bulb 60/65 watts and 5 watt sidelight bulb. Dips to the right hand side of the road"

And then there's the RHD with the vertical dip!:

http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproduct. ... e=516798/R


"7" RHD BPF Light Unit/Sidelight
Quality reproduction BPF Light Unit with sidelight replacing the Lucas original on many car applications and motorcycle SS700P headlamps. Vertical dip lens pattern uses llb233 side light bulbs(not supplied)."

Man, talk about confusing :shock:

This one from Holden seems to be the one I'm looking for:

http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproduct. ... de=LUB383#

And it seems the picture on the website is doing double duty for both types.

For £24.95, or about $50 shipped I reckon, I may take a chance.

Huffer said:

This one from Holden seems to be the one I'm looking for:

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But thats a UK right hand drive - left hand dip unit? As RHD certainly appears to mean "right hand drive" to Holdens.


If I go to their car headlamp section:

http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproducts ... s+%2D+7%22

I can find the single LUB383 curved glass headlamp with side light as an RHD (R/H drive) unit with no bulb or cover for £24.95GBP.

There are twin LHD (L/H drive) curved + side light LUB 802 units offered for £97.50GBP (which is rather expensive in my opinion).