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C4s rear light fixings

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Use bigger metal washer sprayed black

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Same happened to me but I had some black plastic of a similar thickness which I shaped to fit the broken lamp part, drilled a hole in it to accept the screw and used a bigger metal washer sprayed black to cover the new bit and some of the edges left in the lamp and it seems to have done the job quite well[
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Tighten tabs are very thin and brittle they crack off

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], trouble is if they are over tightened the tabs are very thin and brittle they crack off.
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Use strong plastic zip ties

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as an update, I have now used strong plastic zip ties to secure the lights!
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Tighten tabs are very thin and brittle they crack off

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], trouble is if they are over tightened the tabs are very thin and brittle they crack off.
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Tighten tabs are very thin and brittle they crack off

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], trouble is if they are over tightened the tabs are very thin and brittle they crack off.
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Use bigger metal washer sprayed black

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Same happened to me but I had some black plastic of a similar thickness which I shaped to fit the broken lamp part, drilled a hole in it to accept the screw and used a bigger metal washer sprayed black to cover the new bit and some of the edges left in the lamp and it seems to have done the job quite well[
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Use strong plastic zip ties

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as an update, I have now used strong plastic zip ties to secure the lights!
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hi, the two fixings on the rear light of my c4s have both cracked and shattered. I have wired the light in for now but its moves around a bit when jiggled! Anyone got a fix for this or is it a new light?! Anyway of getting second hand rear lights as new are £350 each. Many thanks

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Same happened to me but I had some black plastic of a similar thickness which I shaped to fit the broken lamp part, drilled a hole in it to accept the screw and used a bigger metal washer sprayed black to cover the new bit and some of the edges left in the lamp and it seems to have done the job quite well[ ], trouble is if they are over tightened the tabs are very thin and brittle they crack off.

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as an update, I have now used strong plastic zip ties to secure the lights! a lot cheaper than £300 each

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