The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

How did you find the fit, both of the panel itself and the later fitting of the light components?

Reason I ask is I've never had any feedback, good or bad, but now is the opportunity to make them better...if need be.

Our fabricator was reliant on one of his contacts who CNC plasma cut the blanks for him; that's why the cuts were a little crude in places. Unfortunately, the business shut down at beginning of lock down and hasn't re-opened; no one can make contact with the guy who used to run it either commercially, or socially. As a consequence, we have no supply of the panels for our fabricator to fold and weld, nor do we have the CAD file that the missing supplier had created.

I am in the process of creating a new CAD file myself, as luckily our fabricator had a flat 'blank' that I can measure, but comparing it to a NOS panel I have here, there are some differences, but the NOS panel, having been folded, is far harder to measure accurately. Once I have a CAD file, I can get the blanks laser cut locally, which will make for a far neater finished panel.

If there are no issues with the Club panel, of which we've sold dozens over the years, I think I'll be taking the easier route of copying the flat pattern...

Fitted a set at a show a few years back, can't remember whose car it was, but had no problems aligning them or fitting the headlights.

The pair I have (much newer stock, presumably) for the Dolomega have been successfully try fitted and drilled, also without apparent need for fettling. I've removed them again to spray paint their recesses and paint the brackets separately.

Both sets have been screwed in place, rather than welded as original practice, for ease of maintainence.

Steve

In this instance, I do think that no feedback is good news?


Anyhow,
my experience is with the headlamps fitted, the bezels fit correctly.
I cannot comment on panel fit because I have a non-standard arrangement.



Ian.

Hi,
I have fitted a pair of these and had no problems, although I have made them removable by adding a couple of extra brackets and using screws. I had no trouble fitting the headlights and all is well.
regards
Chris

All I can say is the panel fitted easily , I didn't have any issues or have to do any real alterations to make it work.

Hi

I didn't fit the panels myself, this was done by the body shop who resprayed the car,
But they had no complaints and seemed to think they were good quality.

Thanks
Darrell