Thanks for the prompt replies, guys.

Rhubarb...Sorry, can't say I've ever seen the topic come up before. If I had, I'd have given more thought to buying it in the first place.

Best I can figure is that the stock ring sits high, that is, it doesn't fit flush with the top of the headlight nacelle. Hence, the new ring rides that much higher again and the gap at the bottom can't be picked up. (it has to fit around the headlight nacelle, but has to do it overtop the ill-fitting original ring at the same time)
There is a spring clip on the original ring that fits into a slot at the top of the headlight mounting ring. I'm wondering whether it might work if the mount can be altered so it sits a touch lower in the nacelle, lowering both rings slightly.

Anyway.....I'd feel better if my problem was just something of the ID-10T variety, and someone here would simply steer Mr. Stupid in the right direction. I find it unacceptable to pay good money for something that is poorly designed from the get go. I have the visor rings for my passing lamps and trim rings on my signal lights and the gap is how it should be. The headlight ring is going to look like crap alongside them unless I come up with a solution...and I can just imagine my stealers response now if I were to show up wanting to return everything.

I'll be back at it this evening. I let you know how I make out. I'll fix it before I let it kill me.


CN

 

i too had a problem fitting the trim ring on!! it took me about an hour to get it to close tight!! it closes tight on the bottom but there is still a small gap right where the head light is! i found that with the stock trim ring loose,push down on the new trim ring and then tighten up the stock trim ring screw.them push on around the edges of the new ring from top to bottom.then tighten up the new trim ring screw with a new screw driver,if you use a beat up screw driver you will probibly strip the screw head for sure!! hope this helps!

 

Update on my war against the ring.

As mentioned previously, I never was happy with the fit of the stock ring. It rode high on the nacelle making the resultant fit of the visor ring brutal.
Today I worked at improving the fit of the stock ring in belief that this was what was required in order to get the visor trim to fit as it ought to.
What I did was disassemble the headlamp mount setup. The 'bowl' that supports the headlamp attaches to the nacelle using 8 screws through holes around the bowl's perimeter. What I wanted to do was move this bowl lower in the nacelle.
To do this required creating some room. I achieved this by dimpling the bottom side of the base pan where it would come in contact with the nacelle once relocated. (with a hammer....it really was the best implement for the task, really) I then elongated the screw holes around the rim of the bowl with a small rat-tail file. This made the holes taller in the vertical, to allow the ring to be dropped in it's mounting screws.
I ended up relocating the ring approximately an 1/8th inch lower in the nacelle. The stock ring now fit perfectly on the relocated bowl and the visor ring went in place like butter. The tensioning bolt required very little effort to cinch up tight (in stark contast to yesterday) to close the big gap I was bitching about. In fact, I had to back it off to achieve the best fit.
The bummer is, the whole exercise exposed other flaws in the design of the visor ring. The ring is of a greater diameter than it needs to be. When cinched up it closed the gap to the point of contact prior to the ring attaining a tight fit the whole way around the nacelle. The only place it shows up under any kind of scrutiny is at the very bottom of the nacelle, and is less apparent to the eye than a set of fingers, but it's there nonetheless. There are some other things with this visor ring that I think requires modification, but that's just me......I'm kinda **** around these sort of things.
One day when I feel ambitious I'll trim down the ends of the ring so it fits tight right at the point I've run out of gap.

CN

 

I had the gap and just used some chrome tape to cover it up. The part is a POS but I made it look good....

 

Good news you got it to fit.

More work than I would have done, but I'm lazy.

 

I like gaps!!!

 

[color=#0033FF]Welcome to the club! How's it feel to be in the majority? Either live with it or box it up and send it back where it came from.

I had the same problem and just dealt with it. I try not to think about it... plus the therapy has helped some!

 

Made in Taiwan. I bought one and it really fits like crap.
I got the gap down to 1/4", and used chrome tape to cover
the crack.

 

Not sure what visor you are putting on, but I installed the curved visors, and they actually fit great. Had to buy a different trim ring ($20 more da$# dollars...), but do NOT install it over the stock one. Just remove it completely. Anybody else do this?

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I got the 1/4" gap, I think most people don't like it but like the overall look of the ring.