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M3H3 -> H3 roof marker lights (06) (5/7/2008 6:40:26 PM)
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hi all, new here, found you guys while searching for a fix...
I have an 06 h3 lux Boulder grey, tinted windows and KBC SPY wheels wearing some nitto terra grapplers.... but....
the story begins.... I bought the H3 about a month ago, with a small chip in the windshield...no biggy, worked a deal for x amount off and the dealer said they'd toss in a new one...cool....or not so cool as it were.
couple of weeks later the windshield guy and i head to my H3 to proceed in the removal of what seems like half the truck[:@]... only to get to the roof markers, popped the bolt covers, attempted to remove the bolts only to find out that 3 of the 6 just spin in thier holes, I.E. the bolt AND the nut are turning. OK, this is not in mr windshield guy's job description so he baggs the project and tells me to bring the 3 to the dealer....fine....or so i thought.
Now, it was at the dealer for a week, yeah, a week, apearantly 6 bolts and a windshield is rocket science and they needed to fly someone in from NASA...i dunno, they said they had to drill out the bolts...dont ask, i dont know how you can drill out a bolt that just free spins....anyway, they destroyed 3 of the 6 bolts and said they replaced the molly type fasteners in the roof....however they could not get th right bolts from hummer to re affix the bar....uh huh..... Apearantly these bolts are made of unobtanium...I dunno. So today they said the bolts came in and it's done.... uh huh....
on day 7, today I go to pick up my 3 with new windshield and secured lightbar....great, it's a good day tater.....but no, at 60 mph, my roof went into the vibration from hell, sounded like a buncha chicks with vibrators in my headliner..... i knew imeadiatly that it was the lightbar, no biggy, but alas, they monkeyfu@*ed my bar...... i cannot tighten up the 2 center bolts any tighter, one is what seems to be glued in...????? wtf???
does anyone on the foum have a pic of what the in roof fasteners look like for this kit? i swear the dealer just smeared some adheseive in te holes and attempted to secure it....3 of the 6 bolts are of a different size torx head.... the bar has dings from where they butchered the bolts off and now, the vibrator effect....
can i just run a bead of silicone accross the gap? anyone tried this? also any trick to getting the pillar trim to fit tighter?
i go back to the stealer tommorrow to blow a gasket, i'm just leery of leaving it again in the hands of the Special Ed auto shop class so if i can perform the fix myself, without elmers glue and duct tape like the dealer, i'd do it.
i'd like to know what the blts screw into first.... i'd imagine some type of expanding nut, and any tips on reducing vibrations if i cannot get the issue resolved through the corky's auto repair and window licking..
I seriously want to crack some skulls at the dealer....sigh....
thanks for your time
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