R4 Headlights

[The4seeker]

Does anyone know if you can buy the original Cibie dished headlights? One of mine the has badly corroded reflector which will fail the MOT
Thanks

 

[Steve Hennessey]

You can try your local Renault garage first. Should still be a current part number, but they are not cheap. Otherwise there are the French, Dutch and German suppliers - the links are on this website. Good luck.

 

[jjad]

I got a pair from George Thompson at Lifestyle Renault. He will post you parts. Very handy if your local Renault dealer is unable to get things. See this thread for details:

http://www.renault4.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1485&highlight=George

 

[bantamallan]

I have not tried Renault, but bought some from Franzose, good price reasonable postage and arrived in 2 days. They are LHD but easy to convert to RHD by cutting a couple of notches .
Allan

 

[jjad]

Even the Renault ones now are only for LHD, but as Allan says there is a neat way of turning LHD headlamps into RHD ones:

http://www.renault4.co.uk/tech-headlamp-conversion.htm

 

[The4seeker]

I have had a look at the Franzose website and unless the pictures are not clear, none of these lights are correct, the one on my Renualt are Cibie and the glass is dished and not domed.
Its the original style dished glass lights I am after. My local Renalt dealer can get them but he wants £80 each!!!!!!!

 

[jah]

These any good?
http://www.holden.co.uk/displayProductsByBrand.asp?brand=Cibie&brandCode=Z1

 

[malcolm]

Wind Classics in the Netherlands do them for 82 euros each. There are used ones on both French and German eBay. Do Der Franzose still sell the lights? I spotted part number 34307 in the catalogue but I'm not sure it is correct. All the rest look domed from the photos.

I thought they were expensive when I last bought a pair from Renault at £35 each. Looks like it's cheaper to buy a whole car now.

 

[bantamallan]

The Franzose lights are dished but not marked Cibie. The are not marked correctly for Germany so are sold as "Export only" They can be cut with a small disc on a Dremel and the light is fantastic, especially with decent bulbs.
Allan

 

[angel]

Go to a local friendly Lotus dealer and ask for a MkI Elise headlamp, it is the same as on the R4! :-) :-)

 

[Steve Hennessey]

Thanks Angel - they are listed here and a choice of right or left hand drive!!

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=105_106&products_id=357

 

[pepper]

Excellent news for finding those headlights, just a quick question from me are they the right ones for my 1984 TL? One headlight is totally corroded and the other isn't much brighter!

 

[bantamallan]

The Franzose headlights fit all R4s
Allan

 

[The4seeker]

In Desperate need for a headlight!

The Elise ones don't fit as they are missing the two adjusters, and the metal bit at the top that clips the light in place, and the metal tab you see in the picture of the Elise light is in the wrong place.........so the search goes on

 

[malcolm]

That's annoying.

Allan - do you have a link or part number for the Der Franzose headlamps? It's difficult to work out which is the correct one.

Failing that, anyone want to buy an Yvette for the price of two headlamps

 

[pepper]

Macolm thats exactly what I was wondering I went over to Der Franzose headlight section but I couldn't work out which was the correct version either. They do seem to make it very difficult.

 

[angel]

Just saw the Elise headlamp on the page you gave, and it seems it will not fit. I had only seen them on the car and thought the mountings would be the same :-(

The only Franzose headlamp that seem to be the R4 one is no. 85073 (all others are additional headlamps.

 

[bantamallan]

Yes it is part no 85703 from Franzose, I bought 4 lights a pair for the yellow car and 2 for my F6 29euro each plus 16 euro post
Allan

 

[malcolm]

Nice one thanks. 29 euros still:
http://www.franzose.de/en/Renault/Katalog/Scheinwerfer-Zubehoer-Halterungen/ANR85073/