Just been trying to fit the plinths for my rear lights but the wing surface is not square in ANY direction and this is driving me MAD.



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GMTBH,

Could you use something like wing piping to fit around the plinth and take up any uneven gaps?

Nick

If the black bit is plastic you could tape some abrasive paper around the wing and rub the the light surround up and down on it until it follows the profile of the mud gaurd.Just a thought.

is it the gaps behind the housing or getting them 'square' thats bugging you?

if its the gap between the housing and the surface, put a piece of thin rubber U trim around the edge of the housing....

if its to square them up....guesstimate....

HTH
Colin

macs took a whole lot of fileing to get them to fit. the lights also had to have holes to allow the lamps depth to fit.

thanks guys, I don't mind small gaps, as like you say a bit of piping or u trim will sort that out. However I would like to get them vaguely square.

I think I am going to try taping a sheet of glass paper to the wing like ray suggests. May turn out OK ?

thanks

I take no responsibility for the out come but i have used this method before on grp and it worked for me.The only thing that might speed things up is to use a rasp to remove the bulk of the material first.

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Originally posted by ray.h.
I take no responsibility for the out come but i have used this method before on grp and it worked for me.The only thing that might speed things up is to use a rasp to remove the bulk of the material first.

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Good luck

You can get a cheap profile gauge, it looks a lot like a comb with teeth that push through to give the shape of what you push it against. I've used one for woodwork for ages quite successfully.
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=13731

if it's close, can you put a sealer (like sikaflex etc) to take up the gaps?

then they will just stick on too

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i think push on rubber edging would look neater

I hope you dont mind the comment but I think those lights might look a tad better flipped over and switched to the other wing. Just me though, they will look good either way.
Dale

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Originally posted by Dale
I hope you dont mind the comment but I think those lights might look a tad better flipped over and switched to the other wing. Just me though, they will look good either way.
Dale

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sand paper thing working well, just ran out of coarse sandpaper though ..., just a bit more material to remove and some rubber edging to fit and we're done.

thanks Ray

We use double sided closed cell black foam tape for this sort of thing at work, its about 10mm thick open and will compress to about 1mm, waterproof too.

Where did you get the lights from?

I had the same problem, so I filed it down a bit, bolted it to rear arch and then radiused it into the arch with filler.

See here :
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=14379 for the results.

Kingr

I might not get the problem, or I might be telling u how to suck eggs, but I'd rather be hung for that than miss making it easier for you ...

Hold the lamp housing against the fender at the angle you want. Lay a scribe or pencil flat on the fender. It should be the right size so that it touches the housing at all points. Mark a cut/file line to mach the fender profile, remove and shape.

HTH!

kingr, what sort of rear lights are those you`ve got in the other post, they look smart & close to what I fancy using. Cheers, Steve.

I think they're made by a company called Perei. I bought them from Stoneleigh. I'm not sure but I got a feeling it was Stafford Auto Electrics (or whatever they call themselves) but I think VWP stock them too.

Kingr

bought them from SVC

http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/

in more lights section

Thanks guys.will see what I can find from that info, cheers, Steve.