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'69 Berlina Euro lenses
I just received a pair from Alfa Ricambi in Fresno, NOS and in great shape. It looks like they have had a little shelf-rash polished away but the are great. I gave up on eBay when the lenses were bid up past $75.00 by the expensive car guys. A Pantera Club member told me about the difference between the to different suppliers to Alfa Romeo and also advised me thy didn't fit at all, not true. Perhaps the Carello lense will not fit the Altissimo light but the reverse is just fine. These are Altissimo brand lenses and do fit on the Carello tail light assemblies well however you must buy new securing screws that are at least 35mm long (what I bought and they work) but 38mm would be perfect. These lenses are deeper than the Carello lenses and need longer screws. Another issue is the diameter of the screw heads which are really filister head phillips screws. They have a smaller diameter head an fit into the recess on the lenses perfectly. The OEM lenses used 30mm screws. It is also adviseable to paint the reflectors on the housings with a cheap chrome silver paint to assure the same reflctivity. Our car had one gold reflector and one chrome, both were in terrible condition but look great and work wonderfully now. While the hopusings are out, be sure you clean up all the bulb sockets and ground strap nuts and mounting points to avoid " dim bulb syndrome"
I hope this is not too much information.
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)/1970 300SEL 6.3 (in Japan too
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Linear Mode
