340/360 with quad headlights

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340/360 with quad headlights

Post by Black_360_GLT »

Has anyone ever considered or
tried fitting a quad headlight conversion?
eg Jaguar XJ-6, Ford Capri, Opel Manta etc
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Post by Lonewolf »

when i get mine back i was gonna see if i coulnt do something of the sort with the headlights, as i am gonna custom make up some angel eyes for em (like the new BMW's? have) i'd also be interested to hear if anyone has done quad or HID light conversions.
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Post by Janitor »

hella did do a grill with driving lights in kind of like the golfs/polos.
i bought 1 last year from e-bay for £10 which included badges/relays etc.
the person who i got it from had some more so if u r interested i could try and find his e-mail or if you want to have a look at them i could mail you some photos...let me know
my brother has a garage full of manta bits,but no twin h/lights,as he sold them all-£50 a set he got for them.
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Pictures received from Janitor:

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Post by 5lab »

are those not more foglights than headlights? my car used to have some foggys there..
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Post by Black_360_GLT »

I am very interested in the hella light grill, could you send me his email addy please?
incidently, jag XJ6 lights and surrounds will fit in a 360 with some modification and a little body filler, and also capri lights look as though they might too.

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custom grille

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any success until now?
i guess they are not produced any more, so let us juct pick them up, if somebody has them! sm97
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Post by Volvo 360 GL B200K »

I'm also intereste din the grille, if you could forward me the email address of the person that can source them! Cheers (email - volvo360glt@hotmail.com)

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Post by arnagath »

I have in my 340 that Hella light grill...i think its ugly and if anyone is interested then i can maybe be interested by selling mine... :wink:
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Post by foggyjames »

I agree, its one of the less flattering accessories available. Nice idea, but poorly executed :(

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Post by Duvel78 »

The nice Volvo badge is missing, I would be unlucky with a grill like that! :wink:
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Post by Chris_C »

I disagree guys (well, I guess thats obvious cos I've still got mine ;)) I don't like the 340 grill (the all black 360 is better) but I don't like the big square mesh.

It also improves your main beam no end
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Post by foggyjames »

The 300 series lights aren't the best - that's a fair point!

I think its a shame they didn't keep the slash and the 'eggcrate' effect (ie: just fit the lights to a standard grille!!)....but it'd be better still if Volvo had offered more variety than just chrome or black surrounds. Other models have a much wider range of options (ie: 940 with at least 3 styles).

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Post by Duvel78 »

foggyjames wrote: I think its a shame they didn't keep the slash and the 'eggcrate' effect (ie: just fit the lights to a standard grille!!)....
It existed!! :wink: Not the standard grille design and without the slash (ugly from my point of view... :roll: )

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Post by foggyjames »

Yes, I thought I'd seen something like that before, and I think that looks better than the Hella one. To be honest, I don't think anyone has got the 'perfect' grille yet. I can't help thinking it needs the slash to be a Volvo!

Black mesh with the slash...that might look good.

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James
VOC 300-series Register Keeper
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
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