They stay on just fine, but they don't look like the originals, as they
don't have the Cartier watermark, and they deteriorate in the weather rather
quickly. I put a set (available from the dealers for $40 per pair) on my
Black 81 in about 1994, and they are still on there, but they have a very
cloudy look, and my car NEVER sits out in the desert sun for more than the
duration of whatever trip it's on. The originals, which were still on my
dear departed Blue 81, were still perfect in 2000, even though that car
lived outside all its life in my same desert area, and had the oxidized
paint to show it. I think the part number shows in the Brad's NOS auction
mentioned the other day - look on the plastic envelope in the picture. The
number in the parts book is probably the original crystal part number, so it
won't do you any good.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: mark ollerton <imperialboy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 1:04 PM
Subject: IML: re ; trimming responses & 81-83 crystals
> hi gang,
> first off, i have to say i agree with trimming posts
> on responses - as one who gets the iml in digest form
> it gets a bit annoying when i read a response that has
> more than 1 full length original post plus another 2
> or 3 full length replies & posts etc.
> i wanted to say thanks to dick b for mentioning the
> "plastic" replacement crystals .
> once again dick, you have provided info that other imp
> experts had told me was unavailable or no such thing
> existed. i'm now learning not to take any thing for
> granted and to get more than 1 "expert"'s advice!
> any body had any experience with these replacement
> "crystals" ? like a part# and if they will stay on?
> thanks, mark
> 81 imp
> 78 salon
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email!
> http://mail.yahoo.com/
>
>
Back to the Home of the Forward Look Network