Broken Headlight Housing

Wanderer Z · 04-29-2018, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OxZed

Wonder how the heck that happened?

I had my car repainted. I do know the shop removed both headlights in the process, so my thought is that they didn't handle them carefully. But the shop had a picture of the car pre-paint showing the driver side headlight with the small broken piece already. So I'm really not sure how it happened.

Fuzzzy · 04-29-2018, 07:08 PM

Maybe they couldn't get it back in correctly and snipped the end(s) to make it fit.

That was my thought even before seeing your 2nd post that someone had removed them.

Smashley · 04-30-2018, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wanderer Z

I had my car repainted. I do know the shop removed both headlights in the process, so my thought is that they didn't handle them carefully. But the shop had a picture of the car pre-paint showing the driver side headlight with the small broken piece already. So I'm really not sure how it happened.

They broke them, put them back and snapped a picture to cover their asses then disassembled them again to paint.

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04-29-2018, 07:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fuzzzy Track Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: MS Posts: 876 Drives: 2014 370Z 7AT MR Rep Power: 21861	Maybe they couldn't get it back in correctly and snipped the end(s) to make it fit. That was my thought even before seeing your 2nd post that someone had removed them.