Hi guys. Just got second hand original Ducati aux lights / fog lights, but the bolts to mount them to the bike were missing. I’ve made do with cap head stainless bolts and stainless penny washers but would prefer to use the original low profile domed black bolts, like the side panel or screen bolts - but with a shoulder. Any idea where to find them or of a similar bolt on the bike I can buy from the Ducati parts shop online? They look like these fairing bolts but shouldered https://www.bike-parts-ducati.com/ducati-motorcycle/assignment_spare_parts/7791C311AB See bottom left, assembly instructions You can see them just about here
I found them after a brainwave - on the Grand Tour version’s parts diagrams! Part number 97612281AA. At £11 each I will use original fairing bolts without the shoulder, or stainless Allen head domed bolts, with a metal insert in the bush.
If you’re going to use stainless steel (or even mild steel for that matter) into an aluminium alloy put some aluslip on the bolt before inserting it. It will save you, or the next owner, or a Service Tech (aka your money) a load of trouble down the line when dismantling. ps. You’ll have to get the lights activated via diagnostics before they’ll work.
Thanks, yep - planning to have them coded in. A friend has an OBDstar or similar I think. Will do. They’re into brass inserts in plastic. The cheap crap bolts securing the rad guards were touch and go to remove as it was!
His BikeScan system, while suggesting online it has this function & other coding functions, did not. Everything but the fog lights option... I don't want to waste his time, so i'll try Ducati (£63, half hour labour) or a willing local forum member with the kit (I saw the thread, handy) - like I offer with my BMW tools.
In the end I just 3d printed some nylon bolt collars / spacers to pop in the rubber mounts to limit their compression - and to keep everything black, some black nylon penny washers. I needed an extra one sandwiched in on the lower fixing each side to prevent the rad guard pinching the cables. Finished off with some button head stainless bolts. Handy thing that old printer!
