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JBauer 12-12-2019 10:20 AM

Repairing mounting tab on headlight housing.
 
Has anyone successfully replaced a broken tab on a housing with something else? I've tried several types of glue without success with the original tab that broke but it came apart while driving and is history. Case isn't cracked.
Ideas?

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particlewave 12-12-2019 11:38 AM

Swap the case. I wouldn’t trust anything else.

JBauer 12-12-2019 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by particlewave (Post 608063)
Swap the case. I wouldn’t trust anything else.

Thanks but I don't think I'm capable of that unfortunately. I'd break it.

PaulE 12-12-2019 02:48 PM

If you have the broken pieces or another case you could cut parts from you could try fuse it together with a Harbor Freight plastic welder. But I think Particlewave is right. Based on the projects you have posted here, I think you are more than capable of successfully taking a headlight apart and putting it back together. I am way less talented than you and just removed the other lens from one of my headlights to re-glue the projector lens into its shroud and I got it done. If you get another headlight or case once you get the lens off the rest is very straightforward.

JBauer 12-12-2019 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulE (Post 608082)
If you have the broken pieces or another case you could cut parts from you could try fuse it together with a Harbor Freight plastic welder. But I think Particlewave is right. Based on the projects you have posted here, I think you are more than capable of successfully taking a headlight apart and putting it back together. I am way less talented than you and just removed the other lens from one of my headlights to re-glue the projector lens into its shroud and I got it done. If you get another headlight or case once you get the lens off the rest is very straightforward.

I've got a empty case just have to work up the nerve to take the xenon apart. The insides of these old headlights are really fragile.
Thanks


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