RiF Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Can anyone tell me how the reversing light and fog light are fixed to the body "normally by CC"??? Are they bolted from inside the rear panel though to the casing of the light or attached to riv-nuts in the skin with a bolt through the light case? RiF Driving one of the first Duratec 7, and building CA07BON for Henrietta 😬 😬 😬.for pictures of 7 and carbon andCA07BON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alextangent Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Richard, on my 93 (which may be the same as more recent cars, as I don't think the lights have changed) there's a pair of M5 studs in the body of the lamp, then nutted onto the rear skin. Impossible to get at or remove without removing the fuel tank. Alex McDonald A loud 1700 SS in bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonbell Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Richard I'm pretty sure mine were attached to rivnuts.....I'll see if I can tell from the photos on my website. Simon Bell - Caterham 7 Duratec R I`ve seen the future.....and it`s powered by duratec Check out the website here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonbell Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Hard to tell but I think they are rivnuts here and here Simon Bell - Caterham 7 Duratec R I`ve seen the future.....and it`s powered by duratec Check out the website here Edited by - simonbell on 23 Jan 2008 17:48:57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alextangent Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Acid test; is there a setscrew head on the inside of the lights when you remove the reflector? Which is difficult to do because the wiring will be holding the reflector/bulb combo very tight. Mine are studs in the plastic; nothing to undo from inside the light. *confused* Alex McDonald A loud 1700 SS in bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eccles Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Mine are two M6 or M5 (I'll check later) bolts that have been moulded into the light back and then fixed with nylocs (I guess). Are you making some carbon ones? If so will they still need the little wedgie thing? I've just finished cutting a spare set down and am converting them to LED, They are about half the depth of the originals now. Cheers Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Paul Richards Posted January 23, 2008 Area Representative Share Posted January 23, 2008 Richard On my 2000 car the lights are held on by M5 nuts and bolts. The bolt are located in a recess inside the plastic light and secured by nuts on the inside of the alluminium back panel. As has already been said, you need to move the tank to get at the nuts. On later cars they fitted rivnuts to the back panel and used M5 bolts with a washer to secure the lights. I have a new reversing light to fit and am in the midst of changing over to rivnuts. A much better solution, and I was already committed to moving the tank to replace the rubbers which it sits on, as they seemed to have slipped out in one part. Paul Richards Area Representative - L.A.D.S. (Lancashire and District Sevens) LADS Website Growing old is compulsory - Growing up is optional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWoodham Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Richard, rivnuts on my car too. Just as well since the fuel tank has the honeycomb protection, and the fuel tank ain't coming out with the amount of fire-retardant gloop they fixed the boot floor in with.... Watch the cable routing (esp with honeycomb) it's easy to get it nipped between tank/ skin/ tubing! Martin supersported ex-Roadsports B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiF Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks for your feed back 😬 That is sort of what I expected. Ivan, yes we are and you won't need the wedge. Would be very interested in your LED version as once the wedge shape is added it does make a very bulky fitment using the original parts. Just playing around at the moment for Henrietta's car RiF Driving one of the first Duratec 7, and building CA07BON for Henrietta 😬 😬 😬.for pictures of 7 and carbon andCA07BON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eccles Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Sounds good I'll try and take some pictures over the weekend and post them. Basically it's an array of 20 red or white LEDs on a PCB (veroboard at the moment). For the case I machined down both the lens and the mount and they are now almost half the depth of the original units. The only thing is, I am not too sure how strong the fixing posts on the lenses are now where I had to machine them down, time will tell Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eccles Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Hi RiF, Some pictures here Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiF Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Thanks for the link Look great (but would be better still with carbon cases when made!). Do you fancy starting to make up the LED boards? Think there is a market 😬 So much better slimmer. RiF Driving one of the first Duratec 7, and building CA07BON for Henrietta 😬 😬 😬.for pictures of 7 and carbon andCA07BON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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