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Headlight bracket broken

  • 27-08-2013 5:05pm
    #1
    deaglan169
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭


    my nct is coming up soon and i noticed other day my passenger side headlight was sitting out a bit about 10mm from were it meets the wing, i checked and a plastic bracket has cracked in two, would it still pass if it was aligned to compensate or am i looking at a replacement headlight


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  • #2
    keithsfleet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭keithsfleet


    Really depends on the car but you might be able to fabricate you're own bracket and use the existing holes to save drilling new ones.

    Throw up a picture and we might be able to help more.


  • #3
    BohsCeltic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    They check the headlight to make sure its secure.

    Something similar happened mine, the casing that held a scew in broke so the headlight was loose and it failed the NCT. I used a screw and bolt to fix it and its held ever since.


  • #4
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    For alot of modern audis and possibly other makes, you can buy repair kits for those brackets. The kit is basically a bracket similar to the broken one but shaped to sit against the light (after you grind off the remains of the old bracket) and be screwed / bonded to the light casing. A very good idea tbh


  • #5
    deaglan169
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭deaglan169


    yeah i came across those brackets but there £25 and a secondhand headlight is about £30 or a depo replacement is £42, here is a pic of my headlight

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ei2gfb/9617841982

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ei2gfb/9614586247


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