Broken Headlight Housing

Wanderer Z · 04-28-2018, 02:29 PM

Hello all!

I found the corners housing of my headlights has a small broken piece. On both headlights - one on top corner, one on bottom corner. It's not noticeable unless you're looking for it, but it I know it's there.

Is there a relatively inexpensive fix for this?

Any good ideas other than going to a junkyard to find headlights and finding a shop to replace just the housing? Even an aesthetic solution to cover these broken corners would be good.

Thanks!

scope22 · 04-28-2018, 06:04 PM

used tail lights are cheap, even headlights are about 250 for used ones

OxZed · 04-29-2018, 09:40 AM

Wonder how the heck that happened?

Wanderer Z · 04-29-2018, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OxZed

Wonder how the heck that happened?

I had my car repainted. I do know the shop removed both headlights in the process, so my thought is that they didn't handle them carefully. But the shop had a picture of the car pre-paint showing the driver side headlight with the small broken piece already. So I'm really not sure how it happened.

Fuzzzy · 04-29-2018, 08:08 PM

Maybe they couldn't get it back in correctly and snipped the end(s) to make it fit.

That was my thought even before seeing your 2nd post that someone had removed them.

Smashley · 04-30-2018, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wanderer Z

I had my car repainted. I do know the shop removed both headlights in the process, so my thought is that they didn't handle them carefully. But the shop had a picture of the car pre-paint showing the driver side headlight with the small broken piece already. So I'm really not sure how it happened.

They broke them, put them back and snapped a picture to cover their asses then disassembled them again to paint.

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scope22 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Roswell, GA Posts: 1,179 Drives: wife crazy Rep Power: 55	used tail lights are cheap, even headlights are about 250 for used ones

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OxZed Base Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: N. Carolina Posts: 71 Drives: 2017 Nissan 370Z SPT Rep Power: 7	Wonder how the heck that happened?

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Fuzzzy Track Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: MS Posts: 876 Drives: 2014 370Z 7AT MR Rep Power: 21860	Maybe they couldn't get it back in correctly and snipped the end(s) to make it fit. That was my thought even before seeing your 2nd post that someone had removed them.