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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 06:54 AM
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Cibie Airports/Series 35's?

Anyone use these lights before? I know they're not popular being that they're Cibies and are hard to find, and not popular on Minis because they're not round. I'm thinking about getting a set of these for my lower fogs to mount on my new Alta bar.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 07:31 AM
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Wow. Cibie..........there's a name I haven't seen or heard in years. We used to run their lights instead of the 7" sealed beams in our cars, back in the day. I remember that they made good stuff back then, but today I'd be surprised if they're not made in China or something.....put up a pic if you do this so we can see them, OK?
 
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 07:55 AM
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I will certainly do that. You can get old French ones on ebay. They're owned by Valeo now, and I think they may be made in Brazil nowadays? Not sure. You can get new ones through daniel stern lighting consultancy, but they are mucho $$.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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Never heard of Cibié before, but they look to have a rich rally past.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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You can also get them at Aardvark... http://www.talbotco.com/cibie_main_frameset.htm

I've been looking into Cibie as well. One of my Hella FF200's has a crack across the glass and they are no longer made. I really don't like the look of most driving lights on the market nowadays. I'm just not sure if those BIG Cibie's will fit (literally and figuratively) on a MINI.
 
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