gxguru89

Good morning everyone. I have a 2019 Lexus GX 460. The tabs on my headlight assembly are broken. Does anyone know of a way to replace them or fix them without having to replace the entire assembly? I appreciate all the help on this! Thankyou.

hzhao

Which tab? A picture might help members here to provide proper and effective advices.

gxguru89

LeX2K

I see what looks like stress cracks/breaks on the housing will that headlamp even go back into the proper position? To repair that you'll need to reinforce the tab, glue alone will likely break use for example a piece of aluminum or plastic on the underside riveted to each side of the tab, along with glue.

nuclearn8

The tabs are a part of the headlight assembly so that's looks expensive... perhaps try an abs plastic fusion kit or similiar product from JB weld. automotive goop maybe?

gxguru89

Do you know anyone i could see to help me avoid replacing the lens? The headlights are in position just fine. Just the tabs are broken on each side.

gxguru89

I'm in the chicagoland area,

hzhao

Did you say the both sides or both headlights tabs are broken? Looking at the gap on broken piece, it seems the light position has shifted a bit. Is it due to frontal collision? The temporary fix that I could think of would be attach a piece of metal bracket or similar to both side of broken tab, not to force to close the gap, otherwise, it just force the next weakest point to snap off again. But to proper fix it, you may need to have body shop to determine if the frames had any damages.

ObsidianBl

I agree with nuclearn
JB weld it and maybe add some kind of support to bridge the two like mesh?


Your front bumper, grille etc are all okay?

gxguru89

my bumper hood and grill need to be replaced. I'm trying to avoid replacing the headlights since they are so expensive. They work totally fine. Just the clips are broken.

hzhao

Alternatively, there is the aftermarket headlights that you could consider to replace. Here is a thread that have discussed on the headlights: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gx-...r-14-19-a.html

But my biggest concern here is the frames slightly bend may not align those mounting holes properly even you went with replacement route. Also to consider just because the lights are working, the aiming maybe quite off.

nuclearn8

so you were in an accident. Why not claim it on insurance and pay your deductible? sounds like you have more than enough damage to cover the deductible