[bombfactory]

Not super happy with the way my newly installed euro lenses are sitting:



   



The front of the lenses (blue arrow) are not recessed enough to sit flush with the fog light. They look a little 'crooked' in comparison to how the rear of the lenses are recessed into the bumper opening (white arrow).



I'm wondering if I need to grind a few millimeters off the tops of the bolts that held the bumperettes on to allow the lenses to sit back further. Got some fiddlin' to do...



-Austin

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[tamathumper]

That would drive me bonkers, but that's just me, and the fact that hot dogs come in packs of six and hot dog buns come in packs of eight drives me bonkers.

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[DaveN]

As I recall my drivers side lens was a bit uneven as well. I haven't fiddled with it because I am not ready to order another one after I break it trying to fix it - yet. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[lbpesq]

Tamathumper:



A simple mathematical solution: just buy 48 dogs & buns at a time!



(Monk would be proud of me)



Bill

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[tamathumper]

Only if you wash your hands before, during, and after handling the money.

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[rhudeboye]

[quote name='bombfactory' timestamp='1304013501' post='109192']



I'm wondering if I need to grind a few millimeters off the tops of the bolts that held the bumperettes on to allow the lenses to sit back further. Got some fiddlin' to do...

-Austin

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BINGO

Grinding off a little of the bolt will allow them to recess and even out.

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[mrmister]

[quote name='lbpesq' timestamp='1304035150' post='109207']

Tamathumper:



A simple mathematical solution: just buy 48 dogs & buns at a time!



(Monk would be proud of me)



Bill

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I would be more inclined to go for 24 dogs and buns. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[bombfactory]

rhudeboye - Thanks for the confirmation - I'll get on it this weekend!



-Austin

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[hot968]

were u ablt to even out the lenses so it recesses evenly?

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[bombfactory]

Not yet - and I'm away this weekend too. Will report back with a pic when I get it done.



-Austin

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[bombfactory]

Ok finally tackled the job of getting my newly installed euro lenses to fit more flush in the bumper opening. See my pic a few posts above for how they looked upon initial installation. The front edges were sitting too far out - I wanted them flush with the fog lights. If you're in the same boat, here's a mini DIY:



You'll need a dremmel tool and a phillips screwdriver.



Step 1 - Dremmel off the tops of the bolts that formerly held on the ugly rubber bumper-ettes (red arrows in the pic below). This allows the front of the lenses to recess further into the bumper opening, but not quite enough, I found, to sit even with the fog lights.



Step 2 - With a small bit in the dremmel, trim some material off the rear of the slots in the bumper cover that the hooks on the back of the lenses fit into (blue arrows). I took off about 2mm, did a test fit, and ended up taking another 1mm or so off.



Step 3 - With the dremmel again, widen the rear mounting hole in the bumper cover a few millimeters towards the rear to allow for more rearward lens adjustment (yellow arrow).



Step 4 - Optional - At the rear mounting point of each lens I added a 1/16" washer sandwiched between the back of the lens and the speed nut. This pushed the rear of the lens outward a little, while also pivoting the front of the lens inward and a tiny bit closer to the fog light. The fit is really tight and clean. Done!



   



Now, I can report, the fit looks 'factory':



   

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[redbaron]

Austin,



Fantastic fit, looks great. Will probably order the parts needed and keep them until I decide to start changing the originality of my "garage queen". The appearance is much better than factory, IMHO



Don

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[tamathumper]

That *does* look good. Nice job.

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[Ab54666]

Excellent work, i'm from the UK so lucky to have those as standard, fit is perfect which makes me think Euro bumpers must be very slightly different? Be surprised if they were though, for info where your yellow arrow is we just have a hole with a u clip on for the screw to enter, where your red arrows are we do not have those bolts at all (from memory), are yours still holding something on? Why not just remove?

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[bombfactory]

Yeah, I suppose the bumper-ette mounting bolts are now so short they're pretty much useless. I had left the nuts on there as a 'just in case' contingency (although why would I ever want to put the bumper-ettes back on?). Got lazy and didn't remove the nuts before I trimmed the bolts.They might help hold the bumper cover on a little I suppose...



Next up: The 'center your sagging tail lights in the rear bumper fix' and rear wiper delete and then fix the poor radio reception and then......

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[tamathumper]

'center your sagging tail lights in the rear bumper fix'

What's that?

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[bombfactory]

Here's a link to the DIY thread:



http://www.968forums.com/topic/5-tail-light-adjustment/

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[blau]

Happy frog face. Still need to shave a few MM off the bolts, will do it when I get home.

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[Cloud9...68]

Hmmm... THis has me wondering how my Euro turn signals fit. They were installed by the <acronym title='previous owner'>PO</acronym>, but I can't say I've ever noticed that they stick out. I'll check when I get home.

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[tamathumper]

Looks great!



Any difference in how they operate?

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