Headlight Washer Cover

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MyNamesNotBob

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 Berks
Hi all - my passenger side headlight washer cover appears to have popped off, no idea where it is now. Was last seen on the car 200 miles away from where I am now, so I'll assume thats the last I'll see of it.

So I need a new one. According to RealOEM the part numbers are 51117078261 for the left one and 51117078262 for the right one. Now this may seem an odd question but is the left side of the car the left side when facing forward? Or looking at the front of the car? I think the passenger side on a UK spec car is the left side, am I right here? Yes stupid question I know.

So whichever part no it is I plan to get one of them, and sprayed by a body shop.

The next part is fitting it. I still have the top mount on the washer (the bit that looks like a kite and pivots), so I don't need a new one. But how do you mount it? I presume you need to pull the jet out and attach it, but I don't want to force it. Would spraying the jets then grabbing in when it's up do the job? Or is there another method?

Once this is all done I'll remove fuse40 so they don't pop up again and get in the air flow, as they don't really do anything other than get the wings dirty...

Cheers all
 
left is passenger side in UK I believe

just pull it up carefully :D

oh and it just snaps on - quite awkwardly. make sure you don't break the holder doing it - all becomes clear when you have it in front of you...
 
OK, just got the bodyshop to order me one, and they'll spray it up FoC! Hopefully fitting should be a doddle, or I just get them to do it :wink:
 
As Gannet says easy to fix but be careful. I suggest pull the jet up with fingers of one hand. Then grip it with the free hand leaving your original hand now free to locate and fix the cover onto the pivot bracket. You'll see how it locates on one side and clips on the other.

Then just let go and if you got it on the correct way round it self retracts
 
When I replaced one on my car I got someone to activate the headlight washer then caught it while it was up. (can get a little wet doing it this way :) ) It was easy to clip in to place.
 
Richard! said:
When I replaced one on my car I got someone to activate the headlight washer then caught it while it was up. (can get a little wet doing it this way :) ) It was easy to clip in to place.
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That was my back up plan, will wait till the neighbours aren't around though!
 
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