24-11-2023, 03:46 PM
Been having a problem with the mounting of the offside Headlamp on Ruby for sometime now, it keeps drooping downward.
When I originally installed the Headlamps, I inserted a Nitrile washer between the wing and the chrome plated cup the headlamp sits in to protect the paintwork. On the nearside this has worked ok but on the offside, no mater how much I have tightened the brass nut underneath the wing the Headlamp always droops after running.
As can be seen the in the attached pic the hardness of the Nitrile rubber I used was insufficient and as a result has split and inspection revealed the extra tightening has damaged the paintwork beneath.
I am now considering using a harder rubber washer under the mounting, possibly with some fibre reinforcing or a PVC/Nylon or similar material, but has anyone used an alternate successful method for fixing the headlamp mount??
Both wings do vibrate when travelling along but I'm guessing this is normal with all variants of A7.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Cheers
When I originally installed the Headlamps, I inserted a Nitrile washer between the wing and the chrome plated cup the headlamp sits in to protect the paintwork. On the nearside this has worked ok but on the offside, no mater how much I have tightened the brass nut underneath the wing the Headlamp always droops after running.
As can be seen the in the attached pic the hardness of the Nitrile rubber I used was insufficient and as a result has split and inspection revealed the extra tightening has damaged the paintwork beneath.
I am now considering using a harder rubber washer under the mounting, possibly with some fibre reinforcing or a PVC/Nylon or similar material, but has anyone used an alternate successful method for fixing the headlamp mount??
Both wings do vibrate when travelling along but I'm guessing this is normal with all variants of A7.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Cheers