Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: Tibidabo on December 17, 2018, 14:36:43
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Hello everybody,
The headlights on my 1963 230SL are slightly slanted i.e. bottom more towards the center of the car than the top. Is this normal ?
Tks for your answer !
Gilles
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.../...headlights on my 1963 230SL are slightly slanted i.e. bottom more towards the center of the car than the top.../...
Yes indeed, the headlight units are slanted. The word "slightly" is important however. And important that angle is the same left vs. right side. Has to do with the skill of the person welding the new wings (fenders), or headlight housings, onto the car, during restoration work.
You can read about the Jigs that M-B workshops used in order to get the correct headlight angle when performing body repair work here:
https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=26941.msg192829#msg192829 (https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=26941.msg192829#msg192829)
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Many thanks !