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Re: Headlight trim rings

To: schooler <schooler@member.afa.org>
Subject: Re: Headlight trim rings
From: Paul Root <proot@iaces.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:22:21 -0600
Could it be that your buckets are installed upside down?


schooler wrote:

> Clearly you have purchased a set of Australian bulbs...
> 
> Bill 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Lennan" <mlennan@crankyrobots.com>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:09 AM
> Subject: Headlight trim rings
> 
> 
> 
>>A quick question:
>>
>>Are the two rivets on the headlight trim ring (that hold the alignment 
>>clip) supposed to be on the top of the ring or the bottom?
>>
>>I have reason to believe that (somehow...) the headlights housings are 
>>installed improperly. My rivets are on the top of the rings when 
>>installed.
>>
>>I recently bought some H4 units and after installing (lining up the 
>>tabs on the headlight with the grooves of the housing) I found that my 
>>low beams pointed up and my hi-beams pointed down...
>>
>>It appears that everything can only install one way but something is 
>>amiss. A response from the MGB Experience BBS stated that the rivets 
>>point down, but I cannot install with the rivets down because the large 
>>holes in the headlight well (that accept the adjustment screw sticking 
>>out, are only on the top, left and right side of the headlight hole.
>>
>>Figured I'd start with how it's supposed to look. Rivets up or down or 
>>left or right?
>>
>>Thanks, all!
>>
>>Mark Lennan
>>79B



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