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Old 08-14-2007, 09:44 AM
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Headlight Tab Replacement Question

Has anyone done the headlight tab repair? Pictures of before and after? What's involved?
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Old 08-14-2007, 10:50 AM
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I did it on one of my headlights. I used plastic epoxy but the tabs ended up coming off. Anyone have any suggestions of what kind of glue to use???
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Old 08-14-2007, 11:05 AM
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I did one on mine I also bought a repair kit (set of tabs w/ screws??) from the stealer for $15 but still ended up modifying it. The key to have both surface flat that will allow them to bond securely. I had to cut and trim mine sand it a little and used the 5 ton 5 minute clear epoxy and put a tape to hold it together. So far its holding up pretty well.
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I did it on one of my headlights. I used plastic epoxy but the tabs ended up coming off. Anyone have any suggestions of what kind of glue to use???
How did you guys do thiis? how much of the old tab do you cut off? I can get the two pieces of plastic to stic togethjer but how do you do fix the tabs

Use plastic weld. It comes in two parts. IF you google bumper repair or go to e46fanatics there are multiple threads on this stuff. PM and I can give you the brand name.

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Old 10-17-2007, 11:34 PM
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I repaired 2 sets, no pictures, but repair kit comes with the screws. Very easy to repair, but kit only for facelifted headlights (04+), won't work for 00-03.


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Old 10-17-2007, 11:35 PM
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I repaired 2 sets, no pictures, but repair kit comes with the screws. Very easy to repair, but kit only for facelifted headlights (04+), won't work for 00-03.
are you sure about not working with 00-03 lights?
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Yes, I have pictures on the tabs.

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are you sure about not working with 00-03 lights?
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Old 10-17-2007, 11:40 PM
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Yes, I have pictures on the tabs.
can u post them? I hope i didn't get the wrong kit from morristown
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