how to fix broken headlights
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I have a problem that most of you have. My headlights bounce around and won’t adjust with the leveling screws. Well this past week I bought a broken headlight with the same problem mine has for experimental purposes. Long story short. I now have a non-bouncing and adjustable headlight! Here is what I did; the reason the inner housing was moving around was because there are only 2 little pieces of plastic and a little “shelf” holding the inside of the light to the outside. I used a product called JB Weld (can be found at any hardware store) and carefully aligned the first piece of plastic on the low beam side. I them layered the welding on the plastic piece. I let the light sit upside down over night to keep pressure on the plastic tab. The next day I flipped the light over and it seemed to hold. Next I did the same thing to the high beam side. Two days later I coated the same parts with more welding paste. Today I tested the light by tuning the adjustment screw….. And it worked! I am going to use more weld on the two joints and then install the light into my car. Below are some pictures of the finished product. Honestly I did not think this would work so I took no before pics. One thing to remember for those of you that will fix your headlights, they have to remain out of the car for around3-5 days for the weld to cure properly so make sure you have another car to drive or buy broke headlights and then just swap them when they are fixed.
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