Supra Gaz Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I have been putting my headlights back in after re-sealing them. They came off the car ok, well actually, they sort of 'popped' out, now I am trying to put them back in, they will not sit flush with the front wing, the top is fine but at the bottom where the wing meets the bumper I have a half inch gap. After much head scratching and swearing I have found that the mount where the two threads on the back of the headlight slot in, is all bent out of shape. I have tried to bend it back, and frankly made it worse. Has anyone got a helpful tip on how to solve this, or do you know if I can buy a new mount bit? I'm getting angry looking at it now. Cheers folks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon_Bullet Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 How can you bend it by simple taking the light out? ..... You had a bump? Im breaking a car, may have spare bits if you need them... Get a picture up too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Pics might help dude Depending how bad it is, might be a cut them off and weld new brackets job. Either that, or you just aren't seating the lights correctly. A half inch gay sounds like the threads may not be going through the bracket, but over it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 How can you bend it by simple taking the light out? ..... You had a bump? Im breaking a car, may have spare bits if you need them... Get a picture up too No bumps, it's never had a bump I think, all the metal around the brackets are nice and straight, it looks like they had been played with by the previous owner to get the lights in straight. I think the thing to do is bend them completely back, put the headlights in the right place and then bend the mount back place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Pics might help dude Depending how bad it is, might be a cut them off and weld new brackets job. Either that, or you just aren't seating the lights correctly. A half inch gay sounds like the threads may not be going through the bracket, but over it? I thought people would ask for pics, but I'm on my way to work now. They are going into the threads, the mounts are just way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Fixed! Mounts bent back, bolt in front of rad done up, mount bent back. Headlight looks lovely again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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