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04-15-03, 08:08 AM

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Fixing Headlight Cover

The rear screw tabs have broken on my passenger headlight cover. The tabs are still intact, but just seperated from the cover. Does anyone know of a quick, yet permanent fix for this? Thanks.

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04-15-03, 09:27 AM

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When this happened to my passenger side cover, it flew into the air (I was driving) and an SUV ran over it. So I replaced it with the FEED cover. Unfortunately, it then happened to my driver's side cover, although no one ran over it. I've "temporarily/permanently" fixed it by JB Welding the cover to the still-in-place mounting tabs. Its been that way for about a year now, and it isn't budging. Whenever I finally get around to painting the car, I'll probably just buy a new one, but for now its working OK.

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04-15-03, 10:28 AM

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Thanks for the info.

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04-15-03, 12:01 PM

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You can also use JB Weld to patch it up....that's what the body shop used to fix mine...

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04-15-03, 12:35 PM

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https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...eadlight+cover

I'll see if I can repost/attach the pics, need to go dig for them.

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04-15-03, 01:39 PM

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Thanks for the additional info.

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04-16-03, 02:49 PM

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https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...eadlight+cover

I'll see if I can repost/attach the pics, need to go dig for them.

Any word on the pics?

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04-16-03, 09:37 PM

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I can't find them - I'll have to take new pics. Give me a little bit...

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04-16-03, 11:11 PM

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Pics posted to thread I linked above.

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04-17-03, 07:45 AM

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Thanks!!!!

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04-17-03, 08:12 AM

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What kind of surface prep did you do before you epoxied it together?

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04-17-03, 01:03 PM

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What kind of surface prep did you do before you epoxied it together?

Besides obviously washing it, I sanded it with coarse sand paper. The drilling was just extra, and probably would be fine w/o going to the trouble. As it is now, I can't even flex the fixed part, even deliberately trying to break it off again.

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