headlamp - can this be fixed?

[dave_rudabar]

Found a broken adjustment clip inside the driver's side headlamp, the reflector is loose & moving around and the beam pattern is low.

Does anyone know if they can be bought separately or successfully repaired? I was thinking araldite, or some repair putty. Only problem using the putty might be adjustment later.

 

[MicKPM]

replace

 

[Sean6545]

All my xenons are like this. (I did get them for £70!) You can secure it with cable ties and glue but it's abit of a bodge!

 

[dave_rudabar]

Can these clips not be bought separately then? Because i've had a 'mare trying to find a new lamp nearby!

 

[Jaff.]

araldite will do it!

 

[Andy 172]

Do the headlights have motorised adjusters or manual? Is this where they have snapped? If so replacements can be bought 2nd hand and are a fairly easy replacement

 

[dave_rudabar]

Tried pulling the clip out of the ball&socket so I could glue it back together but it just broke apart as I pulled it out - grrreat!
It's broken into too many pieces to put back together now

This clip is for a manual adjustment on the RHS of the driver's lamp.

 

[Andy 172]

You can buy them on eBay 2nd hand, mine failed it's test as they were both broken

 

[Hamlet5]

How easy, is it to take the headlights out?, i know its a bit off topic, but i wanted to change the dip beam bulbs!

 

[dave_rudabar]

You can buy them on eBay 2nd hand, mine failed it's test as they were both broken

Just tried, and there aren't any on there. Just hoping I can botch something together from the bits that were left + repair putty.

Regarding removing the units, there is a guide in the Tech Guides section, just have to remove the bumper which apparently is fairly easy.