Re: Euro-lights in... now trim?

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Daniel;

    These butterfly clips can be pesky little sods to engage. I engaged the
lower side of the strip and then snapped the top side of the strip into
place by hand. Sometimes a little gentle encouragement with a rubber mallet
was required. Pushing up on the strip compressed the bottom "wings" of the
clip and seemed to help.
    If I remember correctly, the bottom of the Type 44 grille is secured by
two posts which fit into mounts on the body.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  280k km

----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Hussey <dan_hussey@email.msn.com>
To: Quattro List <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 2:12 AM
Subject: Euro-lights in... now trim?


> OK, just finneshed up installing the euros today.  Took it out for a drive
> this evening to return a movie.  WOW!  They are bright.  Very sharp
cut-off
> though on low beams, so maybee they will need to be adjusted a little.
High
> beams are amazing.
>
> Anyways, now I am trying to put the chrome upper and lower grille trim
> pieces back on and I'm having a bit of trouble.  THe new lights come with
> new "butterfly" clips and the grille had some, but most broke off with
> removal.  I have about two for each.  I can get the old ones on the trim
and
> held in place fine, but I can seem to pop the new trim over the new
> clips!!!!  Any secret.  I think I may have to sand down the edges a bit to
> over the euro side-marker trim as the grille trim seems to be a bit to big
> to fit.  Any advice???  Is it just supposed to "pop" onto these clips or
is
> there some special way?
>
> One more thing....  I only have the grille attached by one screw at the
top
> center and two clips on either side.  Is there supposed to be something on
> the bottom holding it in place too???  I took the front of this car apart
so
> long ago, I can't remember.
>
> I know a lot of you have upgraded to euros as well, so I thought I'd ask.
> BTW, Amazingly my wiring isn't so bad as they work!  I'll be scraping the
> cheap spade connectors with solder types soon though.
>
> BTW, Scott Mockry and Chris Miller's web sites were a huge help and
> explained the procedure clearly, step-by-step.  Thanks Scott and Chris!
>
> Later,
> Dan
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