Broken headlight bracket - stuffed or not?
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You can buy the brakes that screw back on from the dealers for about £10! 
Sorry, I don't understand. What can I buy from the dealers? The whole piece of plastic that holds the metal ring is snapped off. It looks to be an integral part of the headlight case. Can you speak a bit slower to a dumb Kiwi?paddy wright said:You can buy the brakes that screw back on from the dealers for about £10!
Thanks.
I've just read a few posts on the net that say the brackets are designed to snap off at a particular place leaving the mounting holes to fit the repair kit brackets. It looks like mine has snapped off with no way to attach the repair kit (that I can see). I think it will need plastic welding.
ben g said:
patriot66 said:
Yes, these are aftermarket headlights, and they appear to be the 2xcite version. So it looks like the OEM repair kit won't be any use on these headlights. At least it's good to know there is a kit for the OEM headlights if I ever need it.
I've had an offer of plastic welding from the guy who sold them to me (he works at an auto service centre) so I might have to take him up on it and hope he can match the other side somehow.
Out of curiosity, what does the metal tube inside the hole do? Will I need to find one to fit anything that gets made up for the broken side?
Cheers for all the help guys
enzed4 said:ben g said:Out of curiosity, what does the metal tube inside the hole do? Will I need to find one to fit anything that gets made up for the broken side?
Cheers for all the help guys
There is a long thin bolt with a large flat washer on it that passes through the metal tube and threads into a hole on the chassis. As there is a fair amount of 'slop' between the bolt and tube before the washer clamps down on the end of the tube, then this allows for adjustment/positioning of the light unit in the corner where the bumper meets wing.
You will need the same or fashion something similar for it to fit properly.
Thanks patriot66. I will give him the good headlight to use as a template for the broken one, so hopefully he can fabricate the right part. Finding the metal tube could be interesting. I see it's on Realoem as "Spacer sleeve 63126925447" but I could probably just use the one from my current OEM headlight if push comes to shove.
patriot66 said:enzed4 said:ben g said:Out of curiosity, what does the metal tube inside the hole do? Will I need to find one to fit anything that gets made up for the broken side?
Cheers for all the help guys
There is a long thin bolt with a large flat washer on it that passes through the metal tube and threads into a hole on the chassis. As there is a fair amount of 'slop' between the bolt and tube before the washer clamps down on the end of the tube, then this allows for adjustment/positioning of the light unit in the corner where the bumper meets wing.
You will need the same or fashion something similar for it to fit properly.
enzed4 said:Yorkie Z said:Just plastic weld it mate. Will be fine
100% agree, but the snapped off part is missing, so not quite as easy as plastic welding it back on unfortunately. Will have to see if the seller can fabricate something to do the job.
You're not going to believe this, I binned the very part you needed last week. Recently had to replace a complete unit.
Buy the bracket from dealer and have this plsti welded on?enzed4 said:Yorkie Z said:Just plastic weld it mate. Will be fine
100% agree, but the snapped off part is missing, so not quite as easy as plastic welding it back on unfortunately. Will have to see if the seller can fabricate something to do the job.
paddy wright said:Buy the bracket from dealer and have this plsti welded on?enzed4 said:Yorkie Z said:Just plastic weld it mate. Will be fine
100% agree, but the snapped off part is missing, so not quite as easy as plastic welding it back on unfortunately. Will have to see if the seller can fabricate something to do the job.
Thanks Paddy, I thought of this too, but I've dropped the headlights off at the seller's as he reckons his plastic welder guy is a Wiz, so we'll see how he gets on.