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My little itzy bitzy plastic bits holding the headlamp lens in place, is no more.

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YOUR RESEARCHMy little itzy bitzy plastic bits holding the headlamp lens in place, is no more.

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Use aluminium as they are softer

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Just be sure to use aluminium as they are softer.

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My little itzy bitzy plastic bits holding the headlamp lens in place, is no more.
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Use nut, as a lock nut

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Or is there a simple fix eliminating the plastic bits altogether and use a nut, as a lock nut, on the backside of where the plastic bit would have been.

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My little itzy bitzy plastic bits holding the headlamp lens in place, is no more.

Use some regular hex or even wing nuts

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use some regular hex or even wing nuts, before and after the bracket.

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Use aluminium as they are softer

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Just be sure to use aluminium as they are softer.

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My little itzy bitzy plastic bits holding the headlamp lens in place, is no more.

Use nut, as a lock nut

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Or is there a simple fix eliminating the plastic bits altogether and use a nut, as a lock nut, on the backside of where the plastic bit would have been.

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My little itzy bitzy plastic bits holding the headlamp lens in place, is no more.

Use some regular hex or even wing nuts

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use some regular hex or even wing nuts, before and after the bracket.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

My headlight lens is held in by 3 screws which go through a plastic bit to hold the lens in place. One plastic bit has disintegrated, so the lens flops about as its only restrained by 2 screws and their plastic bits. Checking the Porsche katalogue  the plastic bits are shown in the “part 1A retaining frame” assembly, but does not have an individual part number for the 3 plastic bits. Has anyone come across this before? Is it a common VW part? Or is there a simple fix eliminating the plastic bits altogether and use a nut, as a lock nut, on the backside of where the plastic bit would have been. This would lock the headlight lens & assembly in place?

POST 2Original post

Hey Brian.  My little itzy bitzy bits are metal on my 924.  You could potentially pick up the brackets from someone wrecking a real Porsche and never have to deal with this again.

POST 3Original post

use some regular hex or even wing nuts, before and after the bracket. Snug them up tight and maybe some Loctite when you have them adjusted and they should be okay.

POST 4Original post

A nutsert of the appropriate size could work. Just be sure to use aluminium as they are softer.

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