Anyone using a Maier 85 250R headlight shell?

[69HemiGTX]

If you're using one, or have before, what are your impressions of it? I am going to be buying one soon, but I would like to know whatever I can about them before I do. IIRC, the tabs for the bulb are rivited to the shell. Do the straps mount like stock?

[Louis Mielke]

Straps mount fine, most of the time the bulb mounting tabs are crooked and you have to drill out the rivest and fix them. On a scale of -10 I'll give them a generous 7.8. Not real great, not oem, but as a replacement that you don't have to feel bad about breakin if you do then they're just what the doctor ordered.

[deathman53]

aren't great, but they work.

[69HemiGTX]

Well, given Maier's reputation for fitment, I suspected the tabs would be misaligned. If they are too bad, I'll just make some out of aluminum. I would buy an OEM shell, but I need a blue one, so that's out of the question, and I'm not paying that much just to paint one. I'm glad to hear that the straps mount like stock because I just had my buddy order a new set of four including the plastic pins.

Hey Louis, do think you could get a few close-up pics of yours? I would really appreciate it.

[Howard]

cheapest i ahve seen was 33$ for the shell.

[ScottZJ]

The one I bought for my flat tracker fit fine with little or no mods. For the price you couldnt beat it, plus at the time I got mine, there werent as many OEM ones on ebay as there are now.