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Price: $219.00
Jaguar E-Type - Series 1 - LH Headlamp Diaphragm - BD16423
This is a LH headlamp diaphragm that forms the front of the wheelhouse for all Series 1 E-Type bonnets with covered headlamps – Jaguar Part # BD16423. This panel is patterned after an E-Type bonnet. It is correct in every dimension - including the thickness, the location and angles of the bends and flanges, and the size, shape, and placement of the holes, and the turned edge. This panel is delivered in fresh, bare steel, ready for the quality primer and paint of your choice - you will not have to spend time stripping off the low-quality, black \"shipping primer\" that some other manufacturers use...
This diaphragm panel is also necessary if you are converting a Series 1.5 or Series 2 bonnet to Series 1 covered headlamps using our conversion flanges!
NOTE: Our diaphragms are very slightly different from stock in that we do not use the blind nuts for the headlamp bucket mount - we just have 4 holes of the correct size there instead - you simply use a regular 10-32 nut on the back side. This works out better, as unless you have the exact proper length machine screw, they bottom out in the blind nut and don\'t hold the bucket in tight anyway... To be fair, the other reproductions DO have these blind nuts, but they are also made from much thinner steel than stock and covered in poor quality black primer. Ours are the correct, thick 19-gauge steel, and come in bare steel with a light rust-preventative oil - just wipe it down and paint!
PLUS - ours is more reasonably priced! Photo #1 shows the back of the panel, Photo #2 shows the front of the panel, Photos #3&4 show this panel primed, and installed in one of our bonnet restorations.
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