Wanted - front near side indicator/side light unit

[Thotos]

I have now purchased a unit from Eurospares

As you said, please keep us posted.

[Yagmur]

Hi,
I can send many from these nearside lights/indicators.
10Euro.
yagmur

[Yagmur]

Hi,
I can send many from these nearside lights/indicators.
10Euro.
yagmur

[simon131]

The Eurospares light fitting was delivered by 'Signed for' post yesterday morning - and very well packed too, plenty of bubble wrap!

I have not yet tried to fit it - was building a 12 foot trampoline and safety net when I got in from work - in the rain! but on first inspection the fitting looks extremely cheaply made, especially the bulb-holder 'body' and there are no markings on it that give away it's country of origin/manufacture.

I haven't yet compared it with the 'Italian' unit either to check sizes etc but the one design mod that I fully agree with is the long metal screw that is supplied to hold both the lens on (acheived by a stubby plastic screw on the Italian made units, which screws into a metal thread and becomes brittle after a few years - usually snapping off!) and hold the whole fitting to the bumper. I only hope it's long enough to reach!?

[Thotos]

the long metal screw that is supplied to hold both the lens on .....  and hold the whole fitting to the bumper.

That can't be right otherwise you'll need to remove the whole fitting to replace the bulbs. The fitting is held in the bumper with little nuts which are not captive so you need to get behind the bumper to fit or remove the unit. With certain 131 models the bumper needs to be removed to get behind it and you don't want to do that every time you have to change a bulb.

[mirafioriman]

I have done this mod on my car to re-condition a damaged light unit. I used stainless fixings to make them easier to undo in the future. On my 131 at least you can get your hand up the back of the bumper to reach the nut. In my experience if you use quality bulbs, they last for ages so you should not need to change them very often.

[KRENZER JEAN]

just  look for a 127 FIAT .. It's the same part (for me it was so) !! good luck

[KRENZER JEAN]

give look at "http://www.autostoria.fr/index.php?cPath=785_917"

 i got it there ..

 regards

[simon131]

Thanks guys for all of your suggestions.

I fitted the Eurospares unit on Saturday morning and can confirm that it is indeed a cheap and nasty replacement for the Italian made unit - but at least I now have a fitting that will pass the MoT!

It took me over an hour to fit the unit and get both lamps to work without some sort of failure. The bulb holders (half metal, half formed out of the body of the fitting) were poorly moulded, and the bulbs were continually pushed out by the over zealous spring!!

Theo, you are quite correct in your assumption that the fitting has to be totally removed to get to the bulbs. This is OK on the CL where the bumper stands proud of the bodywork enough to get your hand behind it to do up the nut, but isn't so good if the bumpers are plastic and have a tighter fit to the bodywork.

I doubt that I'll buy from Eurospares again as the quality of the product is poor. I'd have been extremely disappointed if I'd paid the ?42.50 plus postage plus VAT that they quote on their website.

[KRENZER JEAN]

 i just discovered there was a nut in the link :

 the right adress is : http://www.autostoria.fr/

 and the pages are available in English ..