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Side Light Surround
Posted:
Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:45 amby Over Steer
I was just puting my side lights on yesterday and i noticed that they do not have a rubber surround. Should they? The fit looks a bit crude without it.
Re: Side Light Surround
Posted:
Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:20 amby carrierdave
If you men between the lens and the holder then yes there should be one.
I think they were made out of some sort of open cell sponge gasketing - mine had totally dried out and I had to cut new ones out of rubber.
Dave
Re: Side Light Surround
Posted:
Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:23 amby Over Steer
no i mean between the body and the light unit, ill check for the foam later it's probably missing too
Re: Side Light Surround
Posted:
Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:25 pmby carrierdave
As far as I am aware there is no gasket between the metal lamp fitting and the body work.
Mine are screwed directly to the can with nothing between them.
Dave
Re: Side Light Surround
Posted:
Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:23 pmby GHill
carrierdave wrote:I had to cut new ones out of rubber.
Dave
Hi Dave,
Mine have also dried out - can you recommend a type of rubber to be used as replacement?
Regards
Gareth
Re: Side Light Surround
Posted:
Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:35 pmby jono
Gareth,
Assuming we are talking of a Plus 2, I concluded the same as you when re building mine - the side lights looked a bit wrong with a big gap around them. I purchased some O ring cord (8mm I think) and super glued to the rear flange of the lights. It fills the gap nicely and looks much more finished.
for the lense gaskets I had some self adhesive foam strip around 6mm wide which I ran around the inside of the lamp unit - the lense compresses it nicely and it provides a good seal.
Jon