crash_happy
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- 2002 P5, 1996 MX-5
Those are words I wish I could hear somewhere. . .
I just bought an 02 P5, which the previous owner informed me "needed new headlights". The headlight clips were missing, and he wasn't able to figure out a replacement, so just pointed the high beams down and drove with them on all the time.
After looking at the maintenance records for the car, it looks like Midas changed both low-beam bulbs last year, and I'm guessing flubbed the install and lost the clips. . .
Great.
Anyway, I'm in Alaska with one of the few P5s here, so the chance of finding a used set of headlights to snag the clips from is about 0%. Since new housings seem to be ~150+ each, I would like to try and find a solution that is a bit more economical. I'd rather not do an HID retrofit or sedan swap, so I guess I'm mostly wondering if anyone has had success either sourcing or fabricating their own clips?
Any suggestions on the best way to approach this? Since it is Alaska and is dark all the time, I NEED to get the lights fixed as soon as I can. If I have to get new housings I will. . .but there has got to be an easier way, right?
Thanks for the help!
I just bought an 02 P5, which the previous owner informed me "needed new headlights". The headlight clips were missing, and he wasn't able to figure out a replacement, so just pointed the high beams down and drove with them on all the time.
After looking at the maintenance records for the car, it looks like Midas changed both low-beam bulbs last year, and I'm guessing flubbed the install and lost the clips. . .
Great.
Anyway, I'm in Alaska with one of the few P5s here, so the chance of finding a used set of headlights to snag the clips from is about 0%. Since new housings seem to be ~150+ each, I would like to try and find a solution that is a bit more economical. I'd rather not do an HID retrofit or sedan swap, so I guess I'm mostly wondering if anyone has had success either sourcing or fabricating their own clips?
Any suggestions on the best way to approach this? Since it is Alaska and is dark all the time, I NEED to get the lights fixed as soon as I can. If I have to get new housings I will. . .but there has got to be an easier way, right?
Thanks for the help!