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
Re: Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:38 pm
by rosscla
Took a while to find but knew I'd seen this somewhere
Re: Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:12 am
by thebassmasta
£40 thats taking the p**s
Re: Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:58 am
by rosscla
Depends how much you want then to fit...
Re: Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:25 pm
by Bofs
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
Have you tried dunking the rubber in boiling water first to soften it up before fitting?
Re: Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 7:51 am
by coaster
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?
Re: Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:01 pm
by ktmh5
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?
That's what I did.
Re: Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:35 pm
by newmanlammy
Ive got a few longer bolts left, they are £5 a pair plus £1 postage
Re: Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 7:22 pm
by thebassmasta
where did you get your remade pathfinders?
Re: Luicas Pathfinder Fitment
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:11 pm
by ktmh5
thebassmasta wrote:where did you get your remade pathfinders?
