Headlight interchange
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MikeB
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Re: Headlight interchange
Headlight bulbs or headlight assemblies?
I know the bulbs will interchange but I donot know if the headlight assemblies are interchangeable. Good question though.
Looking at the two diagrams in parts diagram online makes it appear that they are slightly different.
I know the bulbs will interchange but I donot know if the headlight assemblies are interchangeable. Good question though.
Looking at the two diagrams in parts diagram online makes it appear that they are slightly different.
MikeB
1998 - GL1500 w/184,500 miles ~ 2017 - GL1800 w/13000 miles
USAF Avionics Communications Tech - 1968 - 1986 / Flight Engineer C-130E - C-141B - 1986 - 1992. Retired
Industrial Maintenance Tech - 1992 - 2014
Retired in Tacoma, WA
1998 - GL1500 w/184,500 miles ~ 2017 - GL1800 w/13000 miles
USAF Avionics Communications Tech - 1968 - 1986 / Flight Engineer C-130E - C-141B - 1986 - 1992. Retired
Industrial Maintenance Tech - 1992 - 2014
Retired in Tacoma, WA
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Scwten13
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Re: Headlight interchange
Sorry , I should have been more specific. The entire headlight assembly. I’m getting a 2003 and want to black out the excess chrome inside the headlight assembly. I’ve seen where glued together automobile light assemblies can be heated and pulled apart then the guts painted black, (but not the reflector part of course), then reassembled. I don’t know if the 2003 assembly is laser welded or glued. If the whole assembly can be switched it would be a lot more expensive but a lot quicker. Going for an F6B look, but I’m too cheap to actually GET an F6B. Now loosing the trunk is a WHOLE different project.
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newday777
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Re: Headlight interchange
Yes you can heat the headlight to soften the glue.Scwten13 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:57 am Sorry , I should have been more specific. The entire headlight assembly. I’m getting a 2003 and want to black out the excess chrome inside the headlight assembly. I’ve seen where glued together automobile light assemblies can be heated and pulled apart then the guts painted black, (but not the reflector part of course), then reassembled. I don’t know if the 2003 assembly is laser welded or glued. If the whole assembly can be switched it would be a lot more expensive but a lot quicker. Going for an F6B look, but I’m too cheap to actually GET an F6B. Now loosing the trunk is a WHOLE different project.
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newday777
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1983 GL1100A Wineberry 36,000 miles
1975 CB750 K5 Planet Blue 7,800 miles
1976 CB750 K6 Anterris Red 25,000 miles
Past rides
1999A Restored from PO neglect & sold at 19,000 miles
1999SE Totaled by cager at 105,000 miles
Re: Headlight interchange
This is an old post doing a projector light upgrade that tells how he opened his up.
https://www.goldwingfacts.com/threads/g ... it.478946/
https://www.goldwingfacts.com/threads/g ... it.478946/
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Scwten13
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Re: Headlight interchange
That’s the info I needed for the temperature and time in the oven and how to reseal them after, thanks for the link. As far as my original question; a bit more research uncovered the fact that 2001 to 2017 are all the same shape and mounting tabs, just chrome or blacked out guts being the difference. I found a set of reasonably priced F6B assemblies so I’m going to buy those and sell my original ones, they are in excellent shape. Probably break even at least if not make a little. Thanks again for the responses.