Import Vision

[Keith Lawyer]

I posted to the list several mos ago regarding an issue I had with one of my euros from IV.  Specifically, the driver's lamp would simply not aim properly.  As best I could tell the reflector was not swinging enough within the housing.  I removed the lamp from the car and carefully watched the adjusters, and even removed the vertical adjuster and swung the reflector by hand, but the light would simply not aim high enough.  The passenger side is fine, no such issue.

I did not dis-assemble the lamp because I don't feel I should have to open up a new product to make it work as it should have in the first place, and not knowing how IV would approach the problem I didn't want to risk breaking the lens, making the problem worse, or leading IV to believe I actually caused the problem when I decided to open the lamp on a whim.

After a few emails and a general attempt to ignore me, IV did finally make good and send me a new lamp.  I was not requesting a new lamp outright, I would have gladly returned this one to them.  So in the end I'd say IV is a stand-up company, at least IME.  FYI

In the meantime I made due by drilling new holes for the upper mounts of the defective euro and tipping the entire lamp further back to get it to aim high enough.  This sure looks funny as the lens tucks under the hood, doesn't match the slope of the grille and the side marker doesn't fit very well.  Now if I can just find time to install the replacement......

Keith L