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Old 02-20-2008, 09:08 PM
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Hi Ron,
I went through the same dilemma as yourself. After 3 frustrated calls to Enzo, I've learned these guards are a "one size fits all" application and "some application engineering" is required.
What that meant to me was, you've got the basics, figure out the rest.
Your kit comes with 6 long stem mounts and 6 short stem mounts. Pick out which 3-per-light will work best on your car. Because of the depth my mounting screws were from my finish ring, I used the longer ones. The shorter ones were discarded.
Pics are in my Gallery, you can follow along at home.
Pic "Covers 1" shows my mounts were at 10, 2 and 7 o'clock. There's another one under there at 5 o'clock, but there's only 3 mounts, so there we are.
Pic "Covers 2" show how I (using needlenose pliers) altered the wrap of the mount and the guard. I bent the whole assembly to go under the guard, then wrap out over and back to hold the guard in place.
The guards come with a pre-bent "hook" of sorts, but under no combination of mounting them inward or outward would they actually fit or hold anything.
Pic "Covers 3" shows the finished mount wrapped out over the guard from the inside.
I've had these for over a year, trying to figure out how they're really supposed to work. After seeing 10 or so installations of this exact same product, the answer is, there is no answer. Rig it to the best of your ability and move on.
I've also seen several who have safety wired them to the mounts after they're done.
Good luck on your project!
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