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MineralGray02K · 04-15-2009, 08:42 AM

Hey everybody. A month or 2 ago a deer decided to run into my car requiring me to get a new front bumper. The impact from him actually totally shattered the mounting bracket for the driverside headlight (the headlight itself is fine). I'm wondering if I can purchase just the bracket w/o having to get a new headlight.

Thanks for the help!

BTW this is the piece I mean.

abe88 · 04-15-2009, 08:51 AM

lol i like how the deer ran INTO your car

but i dont think you can buy those separately, they're actually bolted on to the headlight fixture irreversably (or it seemed that way when i replaced mine with the halo lights) but reguler headlights are not that expensive from ebay, about 40 bucks australian if i remember correctly.

MineralGray02K · 04-15-2009, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by abe88

lol i like how the deer ran INTO your car

but i dont think you can buy those separately, they're actually bolted on to the headlight fixture irreversably (or it seemed that way when i replaced mine with the halo lights) but reguler headlights are not that expensive from ebay, about 40 bucks australian if i remember correctly.

lol he did run into my car!!

Okay that's what I figured, kinda sucks but oh well. I was thinking of buying some projectors and some HID's but IDK, it might be too much $$. Any thoughts on that?

abe88 · 04-15-2009, 09:02 AM

i dont know about HIDs they might be in the range of a 100 bucks (maybe) but the halo ones i got were from ebay were about 80 bucks + 50 for domestic (US) shipping, and are pretty easy to install. i found a pair same as mine, heres the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/00-01...1%7C240%3A1318

MineralGray02K · 04-15-2009, 09:05 AM

I have a 92 Camry, those are for 00-01. I also don't like that they are black. Are there any for my year that aren't black like that?

***eyeball96*** · 04-15-2009, 09:46 AM

Start a thread in "wanted to buy" I'm sure someone has an extra headlight laying around they'll sell ya cheap!

Now that I think about it, I think I do! I'll look and let ya know!

abe88 · 04-15-2009, 10:01 AM

ooo sorry bout that from the top veiw your light looked like it belonged to a gen4, my bad. You can find silver ones on the net just google it, ive found some before for gen 4, im sure they make them for your year as well

***LynchburgCSI*** · 04-15-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MineralGray02K

lol he did run into my car!!

i believe you, man. my cousin had her gen 6 camry beat up pretty bad when a deer hit her front left corner. $3000+ of damage...

DxElite · 04-15-2009, 03:27 PM

I know for my gen 4.5 the brackets come off with a few screws/clips easily. If you can take off the brackets for yours, go to a junkyard/pick-a-part place, somewhere you can go and do the labor of removal yourself, and just take the brackets w/o the whole headlight. Might be able to negotiate a really cheap price for just the brackets.