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front lights/grills (big,small)

Post by Irish_chris »

ok i have done the single light conversion on my e21

i seen that some e21's came with a big outer light and smaller inner rather than twin small

my question is, is the big headlight in the twin setup the same size as the single set up?

if so.....anyone have a grill for a big/small set up? even one side


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Post by Peter V. »

The big is indeed the original light. I believe that it is a Hella setup. E-bay has them sometimes.
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Post by uwbuurman »

To be more specific: 4 cillinders came out of the factory single headlighted, and 6 cillinders came out double, same sized lights, just a little smaler than the 4 cillinder setup. As Peter commented, aftermarket Hella sold a double setup with a grille that fitted the original single bigger headlight and it came with a smaller innerlight.
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