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Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:34 am

im at the stage were i need the small triangular brackets that siot in each corner of the spare wheel well that the wheel rests against,does anyone make and sell these,also my car isa european headlight model are there any suppliers of headlight rims for my headlights any help would be appreciated.steve.

Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:01 am

wolfsburgvw wrote: im at the stage were i need the small triangular brackets that siot in each corner of the spare wheel well that the wheel rests against,does anyone make and sell these,also my car isa european headlight model are there any suppliers of headlight rims for my headlights any help would be appreciated.steve.

Not aware of anyone making the spare wheel tabs...try Mike at House of Ghia.

For European lights try here: http://www.karmannghia.de/liste.php?set_shop=1&set_wg=17&set_markwg=86;17

Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:16 am

I bought a set of those lights. They are reproductions and use a standard H4 bulb. They are great but I found the main ring was slightly undersized to fit over a stock headlight bucket. Not a problem if you have not painted the car but I hadn't and wasn't about to risk cracking the fresh paint. I found an NOS ring and used all the other parts to make a very nice set of headlights.
Here it is without the dress ring and with RHD Hella lenses

So before you paint do a test fit and make the required adjustment.

The other triangular parts you want are here....

http://www.karmannghia.de/artikel.php?session_id=&set_artnr=f14

and not very expensive

Nicholas

Nicholas

Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:30 pm

thanks for the help,the sections in the wheel well are not those the ones i need are different they stand up and have rubbers that the spare wheel rest aghainst,any pics would be great.steve.