[s-cars] Are headlight mounting tabs replaceable?

[Sean Douglas]

To add a bit more, mine were the top tabs that were broken from shipping.
One was completely missing, while the other piece was in the box.

I managed to find an old tab from a sacrificial light housing from a junker
and used JB weld. Yes, you need to roughen up the surface as it relies on
more of a mechanical bond and try to get the epoxy to "flow" all around the
joint using the largest surface area you can to create a strong bond.

Sean D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:s-car-list-
> bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tom Green
> Sent: November 28, 2006 10:03 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Are headlight mounting tabs replaceable?
> 
> Chris,
> 
> These are the first that I have heard of that have just broken.
> Usually, it is a ham-fisted
> fool that breaks the tabs. :-)
> 
> If the break is not too close to the ends, a strip of aluminum can be
> pop riveted to the
> pieces to reinforce the break area.  You have to roughen the plastic
> to get any glue to
> hold at all.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> Previously written....
> > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:23:04 -0800
> > From: "Sean Douglas" <quattro20v at telus.net>
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Are headlight mounting tabs replaceable?
> > To: "'chris chambers'" <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>,	"'Scar'"
> > 	<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Message-ID: <20061128162320.B3JSQK8ME3 at priv-edmwaa05.telusplanet.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > No, they are not replaceable. I managed to use epoxy glue to fix
> > one of my
> > broken tabs.
> >
> > Sean D.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:s-car-list-
> >> bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of chris chambers
> >> Sent: November 28, 2006 5:00 AM
> >> To: Scar
> >> Subject: [s-cars] Are headlight mounting tabs replaceable?
> >>
> >> Gentz,
> >>
> >> The mounting tabs on my passenger side headlight have broken.
> >> I haven't pulled the headlight assembly yet, but I seem to recall
> >> that these tabs are replacable.
> >>
> >> Is my memory accurate?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Chris
> >>
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