(Final?) Installation on 2008 VW R32

**ZPrime** · 08-08-2010, 10:38 PM

Not sure if I should put this in the "mounting/installation" forum or here - it's installed, so I don't really need advice at this point (although I may change it all once I find someone to help me test).

Original thread was here.

Final install (for now) - attached using the LI brackets and screws. Used the black self-tapping screws on the longer portion of the LI brackets, with the long section going back into the grille / toward the engine. I attached the head to the bracket first, pushed it up against the grille and got a decent bend on the brackets, then screwed the brackets down to the grille slat. Once I got the bracket attached, I leveled the heads left-right using the included bubble as well as some of my own. I then tightened the heads to the bracket fully, then bent the bracket further to get a front-rear level with the ground.

The only plane where I had to eyeball was across the front of the car, i.e. the "front-rear stickout" direction. Part of the grille is flat across the front and I used that as best I could, along with guide lines, and I think the heads are as straight/flat across the front as I can get, but only testing will show. I'm worried that I'm going to have issues because the heads may be too HIGH on the car. They're right by the lights, but if LEOs are targeting center-mass, they are at least 12 inches away from the middle of the grille, possibly more. Plus, they are set back from the very tip of the car due to the rake of the grille. Should I be worried about this?

I need someone in NE Ohio to help me test... I'll buy beer / coffee / lunch.

snoopyc4 · 08-08-2010, 11:30 PM

Looks good!

**radarrob** · 08-09-2010, 07:12 AM

VW and nice install=approve.now just get it tested

**djrams80** · 08-09-2010, 11:14 AM

It might be an optical illusion, but the passenger's side sensor seems pointed slightly outward to me.

**ZPrime** · 08-09-2010, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by djrams80

It might be an optical illusion, but the passenger's side sensor seems pointed slightly outward to me.

That was the direction I was eyeballing, so it is possible it could be off slightly. How do you guys manage to insure they are "flat faced" across the front of the car?

It's easy enough to level left/right and front/rear, but without being able to stand the car on its tailpipe I can't get them flat other than eyeball and creative use of Sharpie and small straightedge on the grille to try to line it up.

The fat VW emblem in the center bulges out in such a way that I can't get anything directly across the front.

**ssick92** · 08-14-2010, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by ZPrime

Originally Posted by djrams80

It might be an optical illusion, but the passenger's side sensor seems pointed slightly outward to me.

That was the direction I was eyeballing, so it is possible it could be off slightly. How do you guys manage to insure they are "flat faced" across the front of the car?

It's easy enough to level left/right and front/rear, but without being able to stand the car on its tailpipe I can't get them flat other than eyeball and creative use of Sharpie and small straightedge on the grille to try to line it up.

The fat VW emblem in the center bulges out in such a way that I can't get anything directly across the front.

Ya it looks pointed outwards to me too. Try lifting the hood and putting the straight edge along the back? If not, how I did it was I lined up some rectangular pieces of wood with the sensors. It is much easier to eyeball this way since the sticks will give you a great direction of where the heads are facing. Here is a pic of essentially how I did it. Just do it for both sensors and you should be good to go. Just make sure they are pointed straight ahead of your car. The black is obviously the sensor, and the brown are the straight pieces of wood I used.