Replacing tail light cover

custardy

angrycrow wrote: »

Expect to pay £10 to £15 at your local scrap yard for the complete light unit. Bumper should clip back into place which just leaves that scuff.

Really,That cheap?
I was paying that price for Mk2 Cavalier rear lights

Norman_Castle

Try loosening the light on your car. If you can do that you can change it. The red plastic that's missing looks decorative. If the lights show the right colours and the reflector is intact then it is fine to use.
A friend who habitually reversed into things would give me bits of broken plastic which I would superglue back into place. Orange indicator bulbs were covered with clear plastic and white light showing which should be red was covered with red electricians tape. Despite both rear lights being patched together in this way it passed its mot with a mention, rear lights bodged but functional.

It wasn't pretty but it kept a cheap car on the road.

firefox1956

I often wondered who it was that keeps hitting the bollards at my local fuel station !!
:p

Norman_Castle

She broke one light by reversing into a massive car park post and the other by reversing into a giant mushroom. Its possible she hit your bollards, there were plenty of other dents.
It was a very beaten up car which was reliably doing 18,000 miles a year unlike its very tidy replacement which has drained her purse and kept the AA busy.

Strider590

Norman_Castle wrote: »

She broke one light by reversing into a massive car park post and the other by reversing into a giant mushroom. Its possible she hit your bollards, there were plenty of other dents.
It was a very beaten up car which was reliably doing 18,000 miles a year unlike its very tidy replacement which has drained her purse and kept the AA busy.

That might explain all the dings, don't drink and drive kids!!! :rotfl: