Hi There
Can somebody help ?
I have recently bought a remade lucas pathfinder fog lamp to fit to the front of my series 3 and i have a bit of a problem with the length of the threaded part versus the length of the rubber mount it doesnt have hardly any thread to attach the nut and it certainly wont fit with a large washer on the outside.I was wondering do the rubber mounts vary in length abd suitability has anybody else encountered this . Im scratching my head at the moment because i want to fit this short of cutting the rubber down somehow to expose more threaded area i dont know what to do.
Thanks
Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
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rosscla
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Took a while to find but knew I'd seen this somewhere
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£40 thats taking the p**s
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Depends how much you want then to fit... 
"Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better."
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Have you tried dunking the rubber in boiling water first to soften it up before fitting?watto66 wrote:Hi There
Can somebody help ?
I have recently bought a remade lucas pathfinder fog lamp to fit to the front of my series 3 and i have a bit of a problem with the length of the threaded part versus the length of the rubber mount it doesnt have hardly any thread to attach the nut and it certainly wont fit with a large washer on the outside.I was wondering do the rubber mounts vary in length abd suitability has anybody else encountered this . Im scratching my head at the moment because i want to fit this short of cutting the rubber down somehow to expose more threaded area i dont know what to do.
Thanks
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The rubber mounts vary, some have cross slots where the lamp fits and some don't which means that the lamp sits too far forward. Could you carve some of the rubber away so that the lamp sits further in and gives some more thread?
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That's what I did.coaster wrote:The rubber mounts vary, some have cross slots where the lamp fits and some don't which means that the lamp sits too far forward. Could you carve some of the rubber away so that the lamp sits further in and gives some more thread?
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Ive got a few longer bolts left, they are £5 a pair plus £1 postage
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where did you get your remade pathfinders?
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You can get them here:-thebassmasta wrote:where did you get your remade pathfinders?
http://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/catego ... d-and-spot