Headlamp cover replacement after deer mod!

[Rako]

Gents

Can anyone give me any tips on replacing these?

After an "incident" with not one but two deer (v.v lucky indeed...not for the second deer sadly) I have cracked cover. Decided to replace the other one as well has it has small marks and will look naff next to a new one.

Collected 2 new ones today from Racing Green and mastic stuff BUT they come 40mm oversize, as cut and trim to fit.

Tools reqd and technique greatly appreciated!!

I did speak to the guys there and they use one of those small windy powered
sanding discs and 5 hours labour....time I have (after the summer) but not the handy gadget!

Thanks

Ian

[HRG]

You sure they're 40mm oversize? There is about 20mm around the edge that the sikaflex grabs onto to mount them. Can you post a pic?

[Barreti]

I just used a dremmel and a diamond blade cutting disk to trim a lip off some new rear lights for the Griff. It absolutely ate the job. Not cheap at about £25 for something the size of a £2 coin and thinner than a credit card

Mind you, I think that HRG is right and you should be absolutely certain before trimming them to size

[rigga]

Often used diy mantra springs to mind....... measure twice and cut once

Dremmel very usefull tool for things like this

[HRG]

Easiest way is to pop your existing headlight assembly out and mark it with a scribe using the old one as a template. You may need to trim a bit off at the front to get it to sit snugly but the more overlap you have the more you have for the Sikaflex to grab.

[AntonyJ]

Barreti said:

I just used a dremmel and a diamond blade cutting disk to trim a lip off some new rear lights for the Griff. It absolutely ate the job. Not cheap at about £25 for something the size of a £2 coin and thinner than a credit card

Mind you, I think that HRG is right and you should be absolutely certain before trimming them to size

I find the easiest way to trim the cav lights is on a bench grinder.

[MF68]

ian

Here is a link for you
a how to guide for taking them out and putting back in......
Courtesy of griffsmith, the hardest bit of the job i found is probably re-aligning the pods, found that i had to wedge some sides with rolled up carboard to get in line, apart from that not to bad
www.warks-tvr.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&...




martin

[MF68]

Ian

Sorry the link seems to be redundent now, if you want i can send it to you in adobe by email


Martin

[V8 GRF]

Whoa there don't cut anything off, They don't drop in from the front they are fitted from the back and the lip is required to fix them to the bodywork. You have to go in through the wheelarch covers and remove the whole pod

There used to be a link to a guide how to do it but it's gone. If you mail me I'll send the document to you.

[FlipFlopGriff]

AntonyJ said:

Barreti said:

I just used a dremmel and a diamond blade cutting disk to trim a lip off some new rear lights for the Griff. It absolutely ate the job. Not cheap at about £25 for something the size of a £2 coin and thinner than a credit card

Mind you, I think that HRG is right and you should be absolutely certain before trimming them to size

I find the easiest way to trim the cav lights is on a bench grinder.

Think he means the fronts Ant not the rears.
FFG

[Colin RedGriff]

V8 GRF said:

There used to be a link to a guide how to do it but it's gone. If you mail me I'll send the document to you.

If someone has a copy could it be uploaded ont to the Griffith pages?

[V8 GRF]

Colin RedGriff said:

V8 GRF said:

There used to be a link to a guide how to do it but it's gone. If you mail me I'll send the document to you.

If someone has a copy could it be uploaded ont to the Griffith pages?

I've already sent Simon a mail.

[Hoover.]

Rako said:

Gents



Collected 2 new ones today from Racing Green and mastic stuff BUT they come 40mm oversize, as cut and trim to fit.



Ian

I got my covers from racing green....... they were slightly different BUT not handed and only fitted one side of the car.......

I got Austec to fit them in the end... as it looked like a bit of a pulava..

Hoover

[AntonyJ]

FlipFlopGriff said:

AntonyJ said:

Barreti said:

I just used a dremmel and a diamond blade cutting disk to trim a lip off some new lights for the Griff. It absolutely ate the job. Not cheap at about £25 for something the size of a £2 coin and thinner than a credit card

Mind you, I think that HRG is right and you should be absolutely certain before trimming them to size

I find the easiest way to trim the cav lights is on a bench grinder.

Think he means the fronts Ant not the rears.
FFG

Yeh, got that FFG, was just passing the rear light trim idea to Ian.

Edited by AntonyJ on Wednesday 25th June 14:18

[HRG]

AntonyJ said:

FlipFlopGriff said:

AntonyJ said:

Barreti said:

I just used a dremmel and a diamond blade cutting disk to trim a lip off some new lights for the Griff. It absolutely ate the job. Not cheap at about £25 for something the size of a £2 coin and thinner than a credit card

Mind you, I think that HRG is right and you should be absolutely certain before trimming them to size

I find the easiest way to trim the cav lights is on a bench grinder.

Think he means the fronts Ant not the rears.
FFG

Yeh, got that FFG, was just passing the rear light trim idea to Ian.

Edited by AntonyJ on Wednesday 25th June 14:18

And there was me thinking you had red headlights for a minute....

[Ballistic Banana]

V8 GRF said:

Colin RedGriff said:

V8 GRF said:

There used to be a link to a guide how to do it but it's gone. If you mail me I'll send the document to you.

If someone has a copy could it be uploaded ont to the Griffith pages?

I've already sent Simon a mail.

Cheers Guys I have added to TGP HERE

Ena Barretti also sent me some info to which was already on TGP which will also help HERE but still awaiting to finish

BB

[Uncle Fester]

BambiBurgers

[Barreti]

Ena ?

[V8 GRF]

Barreti said:

Ena ?

Weekend name?

[Pasco]

V8 GRF said:

Barreti said:

Ena ?

Weekend name?

O/T What's happening with your two lump roof panel Dave ?

Edited by Pasco on Wednesday 25th June 22:39