i have both, hella and bosch lenses

i'm thinking more hella, as bosch glass was stopped early 60's?

When you are in VW's you have to know that the chrome rings and more specific the position of the adjustment screws is different on a Hella than on a Bosch!
And when you are sure that the rings you have are the originals you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out witch lens is fitting on which ring? Or do you?
Bosch rings have the holes positioned 12 and 3 o'clock!
Hella ringshave the holes both at the down side at 4 and 8 o'clock!

:twisted: ET

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what about the glass though! :twisted: :lol:

now i know what the different h lamp rings are, thanks :d

these are off my 67 Tom-



Bosch, and they are the exact ones that it came out the factory with.

ah ok thanks!

maybe they used both??

ask Major Hurst!

sorry to jump on thread but are headlamps and lenses different from rhd/lhd?

i can see the markings differ,so assume deflector moves from either side depending on if its a rhd or lhd lense?

just trying to find a correct matching pair!

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Hi, I think you are right and they used both. just to maintain supply. Although some periods do seem to be predominantly either but I dont know how deliberate that is. Its one of those endless discussions. Though I dont know which way uk cars swing for every year. Rich O will have a better viewpoint.

Yes lhd & rhd glass is different on 60's onwards lenses but you can just go through the mot wearing 'tape' if you want to keep a car correct :wink:

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It's just the lens that is different between LHD/RHD, and it's easy to tell which is which... all RHD lenses have an arrow towards the bottom of the lens pointing to the right as you look at it.

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thanks julian...and anna!

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