URO license plate light quality and best vendor to purchase from? |
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URO license plate light quality and best vendor to purchase from? |
doug_b_928 |
Jan 23 2018, 10:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 694 Joined: 17-January 13 From: Winnipeg Member No.: 15,382 Region Association: Canada |
It would appear that the early license plate light (914 631 601 00) is NLA. To purchase new it looks like URO is the only option. I did a search and found one negative view of the quality of these lights, but no positive comments either. Can anyone comment on their quality?
Also, Pelican, Stoddard, and Sierra Madre have them, with the latter having a slightly better price at the moment. Is there any preference for dealing with one of these vendors? I've bought from Pelican before, but not the others. |
doug_b_928 |
Jan 31 2018, 10:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 694 Joined: 17-January 13 From: Winnipeg Member No.: 15,382 Region Association: Canada |
As an update, I have just received the lights from URO. They asked if I'd give my unbiased impression of them. My car only had 1 license plate light and it was not the correct light for any 914 and it also was not mounted correctly. So, a rebuild option where one needs the innards would not have helped me. I currently have my wire harness out and will be asking questions about that very soon in a separate thread, but I was able to hook the lights up to the harness to assess how securely the connectors fit on the tangs and how secure the tangs are after removing the connectors. My original bumper top (which will be replaced with one from 914Rubber) is at the farm but I'll bring it back next time I'm there to mock up the lights in their installed position. I'd like my car to be as original as I can get it but, as it's not a 6, I'm perfectly happy with aftermarket parts, especially when in some cases the aftermarket parts are said to be even better in quality than the original equipment. I've never seen OE license plates to compare to these. But these look nice to my eye, the rubber feels to be good quality to me and fits well around the lens, the lens is clear and without imperfections. The tangs are exactly the right size for a good, snug fit with the original connectors and the tangs stayed well-secured after removal of the connectors. I put 12 volts to test the light and as you can see in the pic below the light is bright and looks nice lit up. Overall, for my purposes, these will do great!
In looking at PET I see that it calls for oval-head sheetmetal screws in size B 3,5 x 16. Even though Canada is metric, Home Depot etc. tend not to have much in metric screws or bolts. Can someone please enlighten me on how to read this screw size? I'm familiar with the bolt ("M") specs, but this B 3,5 x 16 is foreign to me. Also from PET it looks like rubber sleeves (999 702 011 50) go between the light and the bumper top. Is that correct? Hoping that comes in Mark's restoration kit... Here are the pics. |
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