Headlight covers stock?

[Raron]

I've seen many pictures of 240's with the clear glass over the headlights. Is this stock on some models or aftermarket. How much and how difficult are they to install?

[Smokey]

They were a dealer accesory. Not too hard to install, but requires drilling in the buckets. Might be able to mount it up with adhesive to keep from drilling, but they might grow wings and fly off.

[Alfadog]

I'd like to know this - the factory 240ZG's did they come with the headlight covers already on?

Alan would know, let's see if he finds this thread :devious: :tapemouth

[Leeroy]

All ports calling ALAN!! Hello ALAN!!! I'm curious now....His Z homing sense should aid us in our hour of dire need!!

[HS30-H]

My radar seems to be working.............. ( which is what I should be doing at the moment instead of checking out this site. Naughty naughty ).

The genuine ZG did indeed come from the Factory with the headlamp covers installed. Anybody who has seen just HOW they are installed might wonder whether they really would want to install them with the same method. Its got to be said, the mounts are pretty agricultural. Luckily, if they are installed right you at least don't have to look at them.

A genuine ZG without the headlamp covers looks pretty much half finished. I've seen some cars with aftermarket so-called 'G-nose' kits ( that don't look right anyway ) used without the headlamp covers, and they look most odd I think.

On the same kind of tack, Mr K's yellow HLS30 ( a standard US-market car with a genuine Factory G-nose kit retro-fitted to it ) also looked a bit strange with the lower pan colour-coded yellow to match the body, and without any 'Overfenders'.

The Factory accessory headlamp covers for the ordinary ( short nose ) cars were also attached to the body with the nasty fixing kit - just like those on the ZG. However, they are even more difficult to fit without leaving gaps because of the difficult shape of the sugar scoops. The sugar scoops on the ZG don't have that 90 degree angle to fit round, and are consequently easier to fit flush.

In answer to Raron's question, they were NOT fitted as "Standard" equipment on any model - even in Japan - but they WERE a Factory-made option and were listed in the Japanese market sales catalogues from late 1969.

I get lots of spiders and stuff living inside my headlamp covers, and water always gets in when you wash the car. Then they steam up. Look great though..............

Back to work................

Alan T.

[Doehring]

In the 70s I heared from a Datsun Germany salesman they were stock in Arabian countries. Funny because the material was quite soft and got easily scratches. I can't imagine they liked sandstorms.

Rolf

[Alfadog]

Alan, damn, your radar never ceases to amaze...

Another thought - my previous owner told me (and I believe him as it seems pretty logical) that the light beams get a bit messed up going through the covers, and as a result the actual light that hits the road is even dimmer than it should be. The effect is minimal, so I just leave mine on. I drive mostly in the city at night anyway.

How true this is I dont know... but it seems reasonable enough.

If the covers weren't so tricky to remove and put back on I might be inclined to do an experiment!

:beard:

(that smily has the be the most un-used smily ever...... unlike that one!)

[HS30-H]

Hi Rolf,

I don't think they sold many S30-series Z cars in North Africa and the Middle East, but the few that did sell there were probably 'improved' by the dealers. They would have specced them up with all sorts of extras and options to make them more appealing. Imagine all that sand getting in there!

If any cars were sold with headlamp covers you can bet that they were put on by the local dealer. No stock models for sale to the general public left the factory with them already fitted as far as I am told. It was only the ZG model that left home with them already on.

Alfadog, the stories about headlamp covers screwing up light beams are all true. Both my two previous Z cars ( short noses ) and the ZG suffer terribly in this department. Enthusiastic driving on twisty unlit country roads is a real nightmare, even though I have CIBIE H4 lights in the ZG. The perspex covers diffuse the light and you lose the depth of field that they should give on main beam. I really ought to upgrade.

All the best,

Alan T.

[sjcurtis]

I have used the after market version of the perspex cover for years, covering my Lucas Carrilo H4 Lights 90/130 I must say I have never noticed the bad light dispersal. But I can watch the bitumen bubble in front of the car on high beam at night.

Warren at www.allzparts.com.au

Had (10yrs ago) both versions of the genuine nissan covers, long and short for S30 series cars. They were very expensive then.

My 2c

Cheers

Steve:classic: