I've heard an advert on local radio for an Aberdeen based bodyshop who specialise in plastic welding. I'd be surprised if there wasn't similar in your nearest big town/city?. If you have the broken parts from the bracket, maybe even if you don't, they could probably fix it.

Not applicable here, but I saw one of the Car SOS programmes where they used a 3D plastic printing service to replicate a part from an 80's car that wasn't available anymore. It's amazing what technology can do these days.

Plenty of lug repair kits for these.

Could you show me where please? I can find lots.of Skoda ones, but not for a Karoq.

Another option is 2nd hand or recycled, found this on Ebay,

183720578623

Not exactly pocket changed, but a lot cheaper than you were quoted for the new one!

I'm sure that it is fixable. If you can get at it or off the car, you can most probably use an epoxy resin to repair both ends of the plastic strut. I'm saying this without seeing it but I've repaired many similar things before. You can strengthen the repair by embedding steel wire or wrapping with fibreglass resin possibly. It may be possible to plastic weld using a soldering iron, using paper clips like stitches melted into the plastic. I repaired a fiat panda bumper bracket like this. Just some ideas really, but worth a morning of your time on a sunny day with some coffee! Got to be worth a go to save a grand, totally ridiculous money. Good luck

It's all grist to the mill of the essentially unproductive car body repair industry. Billions of pounds would be wiped from the 'economy' if cars had to have functional cheap bumpers at a similar height, as used to be the case before the arty f***y brigade triumphed over practicality, turning what is essentially a carriage with a motor into a delicate ornament on wheels.

Four years ago my Audi A8 reversed into an old parked Ford Focus at approx 2mph. No visible damge to it, tiny almost invisible crack in plastic bumper to the Focus. Instead of driving away I dutifully knocked on the door of the owner. She insisted on involving insurance company. Result - 4 figure sum for new bumper (approaching the value of her car), and - get this - 4 figure sum for her hire car while it was being repaired.

This sort of absurdity occurs umpteen times a day in our increasingly stupid country.

Of course, this means one of us will be enjoying a plate of humble pie when the day arrives and it either works or doesn't.

A risk worth taking !

Pity no indy supplier of original parts at discounted prices.

In modern headlight terms probably not too bad, collegaue tells me his all singing/dancing headlights on his BMW are something around £3000 a side, utterly ludicrous, the more i hear of these ridiculous figures only spurs me to apply yet more underbody rustproofing to my ageing Landcruiser, for which i can get brand new genuine headlights for £264 each.

People? long ago gave up on them, dogs are far more honourable and loyal..

I agree it's ridiculous but it's not just VAG.

No wonder we see cars parked around with bits nicked. I heard steering wheels on some prestigious makes can be a few thousand.

Just an update on this. They took it all to bits and found the damage to the headlamp was too much for the lug repair kit to resolve. Net result one brand new headlamp, two new brackets and £975 less in my wallet.

I'm going to get it's of it ASAP and will not be buying any VAG products ever again.

Hold your horses though. Aren't LED headlights expensive on all makes? I know what you'll be doing now when you look for another car.

The headlights on my 11 plate Focus are a nice candle yellow when they are on. Do I care, no, they'll be cheap to sort out if anything happens. It won't be long though before I'm stuck with a machine with silk wrapped components that can't be replaced without a bank loan.

I'm going to get it's of it ASAP and will not be buying any VAG products ever again.

That sounds like pique. I don't think VAG are the only makers to charge silly money for complicated spares, so the same 'accident' could happen to almost any other car of a similar age ?

Nearly £1k is shocking but not altogether unexpected on a modern car.

But, as I said further up the thread, 2nd hand examples are available from as little as £100 on Ebay.

And they all have broken lugs.

"There is also a brand new Hella (OE?) unit for £526 from Lithuania."

Which would be ideal if Adampr's car was LHD.

You have to read the small print when buying car parts off the bay.

Maybe some clever indie could fix it for a lot less. Got quoted mega bucks for a non working cabriolet roof, local indie did it for £100.