Mazda 3 - Headlight cover replacement?

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Sat 16 Nov 2019 13:47
Mazda 3 - Headlight cover replacement? - dazzabeezer

Hi

I have a crack in my right rear headlight cover. Everything else in intact.

Can you just buy the covers?

Any ideas where?

I have done a Google search but cannot find anything.

Any help appreciated please!

Thank you

Jay

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Sat 16 Nov 2019 14:33
Mazda 3 - Headlight cover replacement? - bathtub tom

right rear headlight????

Do you mean headlight (front of the car), or tail light (rear of the car).

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Sat 16 Nov 2019 14:47
Mazda 3 - Headlight cover replacement? - dazzabeezer

The tail light on the drivers side - but just the transparent cover is cracked on it.

The back right corner of the vecicle where the break light is.

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Sat 16 Nov 2019 15:02
Mazda 3 - Headlight cover replacement? - elekie&a/c doctor
That’s going to need a new lamp assembly complete. However , if it just the outer clear plastic that’s broken , and there’s no visible white light ( if it’s tail, brake or indicator ) , then that is good enough for an mot pass.
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Sat 16 Nov 2019 17:43
Mazda 3 - Headlight cover replacement? - Glaikit Wee Scunner {P}

Iirc, I once used clear nail varnish to seal such a crack.

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Sat 16 Nov 2019 20:07
Mazda 3 - Headlight cover replacement? - gordonbennet

As said these days they are all complete units.

So long as its not leaking (seal it up for now) and its not showing a white light then its not urgent.

I had similar but a chunk of the clear outer cover smashed on the back of my Subaru, looked unsightly but not leaking or showing wrong colour so not urgent, i just kept an eye on ebay for my model breaking, sure enough after a couple of weeks the right one cropped up for £23 odd incl postage, which i snapped that up and its now in place, suggest you do the same because these things are rather expensive from the maker's part depts.

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