Damp headling and broken wheel arch

[damesb]

I noticed my nearside headlight was looking a little damp so had a look behind the wheel to check whether it was sealed properly to noticed this




The whole nearside wheel arch lining is looking very sorry for itself with missing clips, cracked plastic and obviously the missing cover - it looks like something (maybe the wheel) has snagged/rubbed it before I bought the car.

Apart from the obvious missing panel and damage to the lining, should there be any other sort of sealed housing that goes on the back of the headlight to keep water out? Now I have water and dirt inside my headlight what is the best way of cleaning it out?

 

[srhutch]

You are missing the main headlamp seal, this will be causing you main problem.

 

[damesb]

Thanks. I'm assuming that somehow attaches to the back of the headlight?

 

[ben g]

It's held on with that big metal clip that moves up and down. Wheel arch liner looks OK so you just need to inspection cover, headlamp backing plate and some push rivets to connect the arch lining to the bumper.