Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:56:49 -0400
Reply-To: José Rafael Moscoso <jmoscoso@CARIBE.NET>
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From: José Rafael Moscoso <jmoscoso@CARIBE.NET>
Subject: Ideas on installing E4-lights
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About a month ago I bought a set of E4 driving lights from BusDepot. They
seem fine but...
When I tried to install them the retaining rings would not hold them, they
jump and dance in the ring. My impression is that the original lights have
a wider rim lip all around which uses a deeper ring, the E4 rim is thinner
(something from 3/8 the originals to 14 the E4). I have a couple of ideas
including: getting a rubber bead I can put between the retaining ring and
light rim or getting a set of replacement retaining rings and modify them to
fit (snip, snip, try, snip, try, drill, try, drill, drill).
Ron at BD tells me that this doesn't seems to be a problem with similar
lights he has sold, even to a co-worker who installed them without problems.
What about the rest of you... anyone has done or attempted this
modification.
Another story. I was looking around for replacement of the wheel covers
since I had three different models on my Westfalia, mostly recycled by the
roads. The last one I put on was found on the beach, looks like someone was
changing a tire and forgot it.
Anyway, there was a sale at a local FLAP for out-of-stock generic
replacement for 19.95 a set of 4, there was one model similar to the MBenz
(eight spokes with five fake lugs) which I bought. In my neighborhood VW
parts place, I got a set of 4 -1.5 inches VW wheel decals from EMPI for
$1.50/set. Combined them all and voila... four custom made VW wheel covers
for less than $22 and cool looking.
Now, is there anyone interested in two old model VW dish type (one deep, one
shallow), one bike-spoke type, one flat Volkswagen type and one unknown
type... pmail.
Jose Rafael Moscoso, RT, BSc, MPH {jmoscoso@caribe.net}
work: Universidad Central del Caribe {jmoscoso@uccaribe.edu}
Call Box 60-327; Bayamón PR 00960-6032
Tel: (787) 798-3006; Fax (787) 785-3425;
{http://www.uccaribe.edu}
home: HC-01 Box 29030, PMB 374
Caguas PR 00725-8900
Tel: (787) 731-7394
Information on Puerto Rico: http://wepa.com/index-en.html
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