636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea
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\r\n Originally Posted by ny450\r\n View Post\r\n
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so i just got a johnny p stunt stay for my 03 636 and realized its useless because both of my top headlight tabs are broken and thats where it mounts to...didnt know they were broken previous owner mustve done it.
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\ninstead of having to sell the stay and get something else, or buy a new headlight, i wanted to try to repair the one i got since its fresh other than the tabs and i actually like the johnny p alot (and got it cheap).
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\nbefore i go out and buy the shit and waste my time attempting this, i figured id run it by you guys to see if you think its worth the try, or if it sounds like it could work...too many of my good "ideas" tend to turn into fucked up wastes of time and $ lol.
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\nidea: instead of epoxying or gluing the tabs back on, which didnt work for shit cause the prev. owner tried it, i figured id think of an alternative that could possibly make it even stronger than normal.
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\nheres what the top of the headlight would look like:
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\ni was thinking i could leave the tabs off and buy some sheet metal and cut a peice long enough to fit across the top of the light...somehow mount the sheet metal to the top of the headlight plastic, i would assume with some self tapping sheet metal screws....then mark where each tab was and make some little 90 degree metal tabs, and then screw them into the "new" headlight surface which would be metal, drill a hole in the tab and bolt it up to the stay...then add a bunch of extra screws where it needed them to keep it tight and strong.
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\nthink this would work? seems like it should do the trick, only thing i wouldnt be too sure of is if the sheet metal screws would hold in the top of the headlight plastic?
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\nopinions?
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You actually dont need those 2 tabs to mount my stay, there are 3 more mounts located in the front...That go right through the headlight housing itself...I did that for this exact reason, the stock mounts break off so easily...
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\nPeople talk alot of shit about my stays these days because 5+ years after I designed it and started selling them, there are finally some other decent products on the market! Well thats great but where were this people in 04/05, when I was forced to make my own because everything else was garbage? It took 5 years for other people to make a comparable product and your going to knock my shit, and praise them? Not to mention it looks like most that have bad things to say about my stuff are either friends with another company, or sponsored by them.....I dont get my friends to come on here and big up my shit, or put other companies down...That shit is weak!
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\nEveryone is entitled to their own opinion, but give me a fucking break...I made that shit years ago, have sold over 300 of them world wide...Majority of people are more then happy with them.....And when I designed them this was your only option on the market...905 Racing charged me $250 for this peice of scrap metal....So at that time it was ahead of the game period!
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\nMaybe one day when I have time I\'ll redesign them and add some upgrades. For now people are still buying them and thats the only reason I make them..And also the only reason I ever started selling them\r\n
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636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by WiseGuy - Less than 1 minute ago
636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by loogie - Less than 1 minute ago
636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by ny450 - Less than 1 minute ago
636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by ny450 - Less than 1 minute ago
636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by WiseGuy - Less than 1 minute ago
636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by JohnnyP - Less than 1 minute ago
636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by loogie - Less than 1 minute ago
636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by JohnnyP - Less than 1 minute ago
636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by ROWDY - Less than 1 minute ago
636 broken headlight tabs...repair idea - by ny450 - Less than 1 minute ago
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