Oddball headlights

Was going to throw a little "up" in the passenger side. Looking closer at my lights...... Hahahha. I have 2 different lights. The passenger side is blank. The drivers side says "Hella made in Germany". The passenger one (blank) has adjusters at 7 and 2. The Hella on the drivers side has 2 adjustments at the bottom. So what do you CMC guys have on yours?

Both the ones on mine are replica aftermarket units as received from CMC. Even the glass covers are unmarked. I upgraded to Hella (lat lense) H4 lamps (replaceable light element). Someone swapped in an real VW one in yours. Don't believe any of the original 356 ones had the parking bulbs in the unit. WhenI was looking for replacement lamps, I did come across one with "city lights" which was another bulb used in Europe while driving in a lighted city --- or for day time running lamps. You can also change the glass lense with fluted ones or plain ones.

What is a source for lights? One has a pretty good chip in it that one day I'll replace...

Different years of VW Beetles had the adjusters in different places. It sounds like each side of your car has a headlight bucket from a different year.

It is a bad idea to mix fluted glass covers with fluted headlights. The fluted covers were used with smooth headlights in Europe.

CIP1 or any VW parts place has the light assemblies - about $50 or $20 for just glass, if I recall. You can just replace the glass as well as the chrome trim rings. Chrome trim rings on old OEM lights don't rust like the aftermarket ones - so a used assembly might be better than new one.

What I learned.

there are at least three patters where the screws used for attaching the chrome ring. Some are at 4:00 and 8:00, another is at 10:00 and 2:00 and a third pattern that I forgot.

I expect anyone would want to match the pattern that's on the car.

So our cars use VW headlights?? That's an easy answer if I read that correctly.

Yes - they are pre-'67 T1 Beetle headlight buckets. (Think T2 Bus up '67 are same too). You can use 356 but $$$$.

Got it Wolfgang.. Thanks now that I've sourced future replacement parts... With the passenger side 7/2 adjustment screws, what do I need to do to go up with it? I know on my Toyota truck it's opposite what you think, and you can dial yourself out bigtime!

click on "knowledge"

So can I assume this? If a headlight bucket says "356", and it has the marker lights inside/bottom of the bucket , Porsche never used that on 356A's?

Example- these are not correct looking....

http://www.ebay.com:80/itm/Porsche-356-356A-356B-356C-911-912-VW-Beetle-Headlight-Assembly-Set-2-?cmd=ViewItem&fits=Make%3APorsche%7CModel%3A356&hash=item4aaea6f946&item=320757758278&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr