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I'm looking to replace my tail lights with the cooktop/ hot plate tail lights.i'm thinkin there must be importers out there who visit wrecking yards for parts. Is this so and does anyone know which company may do this?

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http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m49116431

Should be about $130 + shipping and commission

and the centres to go with them:

http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m51270337

$20ish plus postage etc.

PM Laurence He'll be able to buy em and ship them out of japan for you.

http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m49116431

Should be about $130 + shipping and commission

and the centres to go with them:

http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m51270337

$20ish plus postage etc.

PM Laurence He'll be able to buy em and ship them out of japan for you.

Thanks very muchly f/m, getting info like this from the likes of yourself is what makes this site sooo good. I'm hooked on the idea of these lights and will pursue this avenue. Excuse my ignorance but how do I get hold of Laurence. PM is.....???? sorry is he someone on this site?

lol all good, Laurence is one the members on the forum and a resident in japan who buys gear of yahoo auctions for people. PM = private message, which you'll be taken to if you click the link on "PM Laurence". Hope that helps :blink:

Those estimates I posted are very rough and will vary with exchange rate, but they should be in that ballpark.

Im pretty sure that the first link for Yahoo Japan is an auction for headlight surrounds.

Those tail-lights on ebay are out of control. Up to $610 already. Bloody hell.

That's madness! some people must really hate, loath and despise the choc block tail lights. Sure enough they aint sexy, but I can think of plenty better ways to spend that sort of money. For a week or 2 you'd wanna be driving behind your car admiring them and convincing yourself they were worth the small fortune you paid for them, Perhaps they'll increase the value of the car, who knows?

Still haven't heard from Laurence,perhaps he saw those lights on ebay and is flat out rumaging through wreckers yards or doing night raids on street parked C210's, LOL.

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