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Old 03-26-2024, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Henn28 View Post
I put the bracket in and threaded the screws just a couple turns, leaving enough movement in the bracket to tweak it and get the headlight to engage the slots on the bracket. One more project down.
Mine was missing half the bracket on the left side. $20 on ebay for a used one.

I have had that left headlight out of the car at least six times. First to replace the cloudy lens cover with a new Chinesium one from ebay. I thought I did a good job of sealing it to the housing with fresh butyl mastic. But apparently not, as water would get in. Baked it and re-sealed it a few weeks ago with clear RTV. Thought that fixed it.

Nope. Been pretty rainy here, and now water is back inside. I don't really want to glob on more RTV, so what other entry points might there be? These are xenons. The high-beam socket has a thick rubber seal, but none of the others do besides than the twist-on collar or receptacle. The little rubber vent tube is pointing downwards and is not clogged; there was a little crumbly foam in there that I removed.

I could pull these headlights blindfolded now...
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