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Hi All,
Does anybody have a spare offside front headlamp and/or complete set of tail lamps available? I need them to get my car through its MOT. The O/S headlamp is flickering and the tester has taken issue with the tinted rear lamps that have been in situ 5+ years.

The tail lamps I know you can get online for about £600 for a set but having just lost my job and also having to put a tyre & drc shock on the car, the bill is climbing.

Headlights seem to be like hens teeth. Very hard to come by. Audi had 1 available but at over £1700+ fitting I thought I'd check here first.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Have you considered a bulb change for the flickering headlamp? That is symptom of failing bulb. Switch the bulbs from the left and right side and see if the flickering follows the bulb or stays with the headlamp. Then you know its the bulb or the ballast. Replace as needed. It seems a bit silly to purchase an entire headlamp to solve this problem as that is the most expensive option.

As for the rears, can you just peel the tint off the rear lights? Watch a video on YouTube to see how it's done.

Hi Audi Fanatic. An alternative bulb has been tried, same issue. I am going to investigate ballast replacement.
We've examined the rear lights closely. It doesn't appear to be a film tint. We have tried using white spirit and also brake cleaner to remove the tint thinking it may have been chemical/spray on. It didn't budge, I suspect they are aftermarket lamps that were manufactured that way.

I've got a spare set of rear lights in good condition, feel free to DM to discuss.