jdm head light covers

[rexz]

After looking for a few years i finially found a never used still in orginal boxes jdm light covers. i paid probley a fair price (600) i have seen used sets going for 500-600 on ebay so i think it was a fair deal. finially the finishing touch for my z.

rex

[EScanlon]

Actually that price is closer to robbing......

They are unique and distinctive.

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[WingZr0]

What do they look like?

[zhead240]

they have the chrome ring right? i haven't seen a pair of them on ebay for almost 2 years and i watch the auctions almost dayly. i think they sold for just over $300. there have been sets without the chrome rings.

[26th-Z]

If you do a search on this site for headlight covers, there have been discussions complete with part numbers and so-forth. I bought a set - new in box - in 2005 for $500 which was top of the price range at the time. In 2006, I bought a set of reproductions, nice reproductions but lacking the harware, for $350. I believe the supply of repros has been exhausted. I saw a set of real ones on eBay last week for $600 and wonder if this is the set you bought. Good price IMO.

I believe the S30 was intended to have the covers as part of the design, but I am aware the headlight covers were not legal in the US at the time which is why we could not get them other than buying them over the parts counter.

[rexz]

zhead240, ya there the jdm style still in the boxes with hardware and instructions. this set was purchased privately from a older z owner in san diego. i was driving buy his house and noticed his series 1 z in the garage

we started talking and i noticed the light covers on a shelf.

he had a set on his 70z, he remembered paying somthing like

85 dollars for them in the late 70's. Actually on ebay right now there is the aluminum ring with no bids and lessthan 2 days left.

rex

[e_racer1999]

man rex, GOLD!

sorry i didn't get back to ya today, i'll call ya on monday....?

Jason

[Mr Camouflage]

Actually on ebay right now there is the aluminum ring with no bids and lessthan 2 days left.

rex

The seller is mistaken. They are not made of aluminum.

[Surfsup]

If you do a search on this site for headlight covers, there have been discussions complete with part numbers and so-forth. I bought a set - new in box - in 2005 for $500 which was top of the price range at the time. In 2006, I bought a set of reproductions, nice reproductions but lacking the harware, for $350. I believe the supply of repros has been exhausted. I saw a set of real ones on eBay last week for $600 and wonder if this is the set you bought. Good price IMO.

I believe the S30 was intended to have the covers as part of the design, but I am aware the headlight covers were not legal in the US at the time which is why we could not get them other than buying them over the parts counter.

dang that looks nice.

[The Wingnut]

Are the vintage JDM covers the only source for the chrome trim rings? I've been looking for a vendor for a while. I'd like the covers, but I'd want them with the rings.

$600. Wow...congrats rex, but man, that's way out of my price range.

[Go240Zags]

The "aluminum" rims on eBay sold for the $140 starting bid w/ one bidder. I was tempted but house and flood insurance due next month and I need to watch my pennies. I have a passenger cover with chrome trim, but not the driver's side. If I bid on those t/rims I'd still be missing one cover.

[EScanlon]

I considered bidding...until I looked at the seller's numbers and rating.

All 7 of his points are from being a buyer and he has one negative against him (8 total positives, 1 negative)....in Japan.

Granted that was 3 years ago.

But now he's a seller. Supposedly out of Gardena California.

Shipping isn't mentioned and he posts his e-mail address as being at Hotmail.

To top it all off he specifies a check or money order for payment.

Hmmmm..... I'll pass for now. I may lose out on a bargain, or maybe not get my butt kicked by a rip-off.

Not saying that he IS illegit, just that there are too many spots on his record to not consider a leopard.

2¢

E