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Reply to "Headlight bucket & bracket alignment"

Hi Simon,

Yes, at some point in it's past the passenger front fender was replaced. There was left rear wheel well damage from a broken half shaft as well that was probably the cause of an accident. I fixed all that already.

I'm just now trying to tackle the correct alignment of tbe headlight buckets to their openings. They both looked good and centered when down, but when up the buckets were not at the same level to the opening & the gaps between the healight & fenders were different when viewed from inside the car. Time to get it all corrected as I work towards getting it repainted.

I though it would be as simple as centering the bracket & bucket in the hole with the bar at it's down limit. Then just weld the bracket to the bar. Doing this worked for keeping it centered when closed, but when up the bucket cannot clear the hole to be flush with the lip of the opening.

Perhaps a bar location issue if it had been replaced & it's off a bit? Or is it normal for the headlight bucket to not fully clear the opening & be below the opening a little when up?

Last edited by trstno1
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