DMCH headliners and dome light - won't fit!

[82DMC12]

Hey all,

I'm trying to put in a set of fiberglass headliners. I have the new-ish metal dome light which I am pretty sure I also got from DMCH, maybe 12 years ago. Anyway the hole in the headliner is quite a bit too small, i'd say 1/4" lengthwise and the width is also too narrow. See pics. Anyone else run into this? I'd rather not have to grind up this fiberglass to make it fit but I don't see an alternative, unless I have the wrong dome light this whole time.

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Andy

[sdg3205]

Hey Andy,

I have found some widening is needed for certain light units. I have original head liners with euramtecs in 3205 and fibreglass with euramtecs in 2510. Does the light have a collar that can be removed? Some do.

[82DMC12]

Thanks. I ended up opening the dome light hole with a dremel. I think it is OK now. Of course then once I tried to fit it, the screw holes for the visor are also too small so it looks like I am drilling those out as well!!

Andy

[82DMC12]

Finally got everything installed! Headliners look pretty good. Only problem is one of my positions on the dome light stopped working. I'll have to deal with that some other time. I ended up having to enlarge the dome light hole and also enlarge the visor holes by about 3x in order to get everything together. I think I spent 3 hours just messing around with the visors. Glad it's all done, looks good, and I will hopefully never go there ever again!
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