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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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Cool Used Headlight Assembly Advice Needed!

Hi everyone!
So I bought my car used and the headlight assembly has a cracked lens. I'm looking for a used one because full price at the dealer is $1.2k!

The headlight assemblies I'm looking at are missing various pieces because they are used. They all say they will still mount fine, but I was wondering if anyone knew the impact of such damages.

One has a top alignment pin missing.

The other has "one small piece missing from Top Tab & Fender Guide Pin is broken"

Any advice/help is greatly appreciated

Have a good day!
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 11:47 AM
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Junk yard?
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 11:59 AM
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first question, how much are you paying for the light?

theres 3 spots the headlight mounts to the car. 1 at the inside part of the city light (closest to the center of the car side) 1 at the top just above where the city light and headlight meet and 1 on the side of the light where the fender would meet the bumper.

what do they mean by guide?
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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Fender guide is usually a little plastic pimple that goes inside a small hole in the fender. If the car was hit in the fender, that guide would easily break, no big deal.

Here is from the e-day:

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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 07:17 PM
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I brought one for IXI187IXI last week you can find them on ebay fro 300-600 dollars and carson toyota has them for 994 each.
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 04:08 AM
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i got another for sale but its not in the best condition but its 1/3 of any other light you'll find
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 06:08 AM
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Hi everyone!
So the prices for these lights range from $169-$400. I'm completely willing to pay this amount. I just want to make sure that it works well enough. I'm guessing a top alignment pin missing means that I can't adjust my headlight up and down(?).
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