part look up help, missing bracket for head lamp

[fenixus]

hey guys.

some time ago i noticed that after front end collision from past a body shop did not put one bracket for driver side head lamp. I also noticed that on passenger side this metal bracket holds the plastic bumper in place (and bolts to plastic arm at head lamp), since i am missing that bracket on driver side, then the front bumper here is not held at top to anything and tends to go a little lower (and vibrates sometimes at low idle).

I circled the bracket on replacement head lamp which on my car is not bolted to anything (because there is no matching bracket on car body).


QUESTION IS WHERE THE CIRCLED PART BOLTS TO ?

how is this missing part called (NOT the circled one) - IN OTHER WORDS: how is called the part that the circled plastic arm bolts to (i don't have THIS part) ?

I browsed body and engine catalogs (including radiator area), but i cannot find it anywhere... i think i found something similar in bumper catalog, but am unsure.

can you help me find this missing part (am i missing a front bumper support on driver side or what is it) ?

I already tried local toyota dealer, but their parts guy is pathetic and he tried selling me a radiator support brace (which i got) instead of that missing piece. he could not find that in their catalog

this is the link to my car's toyodiy.com parts listing
http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_U_200....html?hl=81150

car is 2000 Toyota Solara 5s-fe (california).

[chronoti]

looks like it is part of the head light it self i'll say take a trip to your local u-pull if it is a separate part but i know on the gen 3 it is plastic molded in to the head light

[fenixus]

no, new headlight came with no such part (my driver side head lamp is 2 yrs old vs original 10 yrs old on passenger side). i'm pretty sure that missing part got broken during colission and body shop could not find OEM replacement, so they forgot about it (they did sloppy job anyways).

besides above pic shows the WHOLE OEM head lamp assembly. so no, that part i'm looking for must be something else being bolted to another part down there. hell knows what that is though. i was amazed how the dealer part's guy had no idea what this is even called ...

here is another pic from catalog and it seems there might be two options (per bumper parts), either bumper support no.1 (orange rectangle) or no.2 (circled in red).



not sure if i'm right, and even if i am then not sure which one. will try taking some real pics of that thing on my car (passenger side) if i can swing the camera behind the grille later on ...

EDIT: i have that plastic arm on head lamp assembly chronoti, i am missing the part this plastic arm bolts onto

[93celicaconv]

Sorry, Fenixus, but you would not be correct for a 2000 Solara. See the image below:

The assembly shown within box 1 is the Solara Headlamp Assy, RH (P/N 81110-06050). You can get just the Solara Headlamp Lens & House, RH (P/N 81130-06050) and save about $40 (the unit does not contain parts 2, 3, 6 & 7).

I noticed the Carmy headlamp assembly for 2000 looks exactly like the Solara's, except it is missing the bracket that is the subject of this thread. I wonder if the body shop ordered a Camry headlamp assembly at the time the collision damage was repaired, instead of a Solara headlamp assembly (or the body shop grabbed a much less expensive one out of a salvage yard from a Camry, because there are a lot more Camry's around than there are Solara's, and hoped the owner would never notice).

If this collision repair was just recently completed, I would take it back to them and insist they put the correct headlamp assembly in your Solara.

[fenixus]

guys .. you ALL do not understand me LOL!

i'm not talking about the plastic arm/bracket (which i circled initially) which is part of a head lamp!!!! i'm talking about the metal piece of something which the plastic arm bolts ONTO. understand me now ?

i have that darn plastic arm, but there is nothing to bolt it to (SOMETHING is missing on driver side and the replacement head lamp is correct as it looks same as the one on passenger side which is still original).

geeez, i don't know how I should re-phrase myself to make it clear for everyone ... obviously my English sucks LMAO

tomorrow will take a picture of complete setup on passenger side to show you exactly the missing piece (it's metal, not plastic like the lamp body). i don't know where that piece is connected, guy at dealer thought it was a radiator support (he was wrong). now i am thinking it's a part of bumper support which might got broken during accident and body shop mechanic couldn't re-order it because they didn't know how that crap shit thing was called or a part of what it was haha ... (they were Polish just like me)

93celicaconv, i posted exactly same diagram in my first post

i need a cold one ...

[93celicaconv]

My error, Fenixus. I just read your first post too quickly and interpretted it incorrectly. Now I understand. You said it that way the first time too - I was just to dense to get it into my tiny little brain.

The part you circled in red in your front bumper diagram (52116D - LH) is part no. 52116-06010 (Support, Front Bumper Side, No. 2 LH), retails for $16.34. The other part you circled in red (52115A - LH) is part no. 52115-14130 (Support, Front Bumper Side, LH), retails for $6.61.

But you are right, you will have to see exactly what the passenger side bracket looks like to know what picture to use for the drivers side.

Sorry for causing confusion.

[fenixus]

no probs bro

i was just laughing my ass off at home when i was thinking that everybody gets confused on this one (even toyota parts guys) ...

hopefully a picture of a part explains it a bit more.... on the other hand I'm surprised there is no such diagram showing how the head lamp is actually mounted (with all parts involved around it) ... it would make life easier than browsing like 3 separate categories of parts and figuring out which one is the correct support for a lamp ... confusing.

[adalex]

Originally Posted by 93celicaconv

Sorry, Fenixus, but you would not be correct for a 2000 Solara. See the image below:

The assembly shown within box 1 is the Solara Headlamp Assy, RH (P/N 81110-06050). You can get just the Solara Headlamp Lens & House, RH (P/N 81130-06050) and save about $40 (the unit does not contain parts 2, 3, 6 & 7).

I noticed the Carmy headlamp assembly for 2000 looks exactly like the Solara's, except it is missing the bracket that is the subject of this thread. I wonder if the body shop ordered a Camry headlamp assembly at the time the collision damage was repaired, instead of a Solara headlamp assembly (or the body shop grabbed a much less expensive one out of a salvage yard from a Camry, because there are a lot more Camry's around than there are Solara's, and hoped the owner would never notice).

If this collision repair was just recently completed, I would take it back to them and insist they put the correct headlamp assembly in your Solara.

actually thats not correct this is what a 97-99 camry headlight assembly looks like:




this is what a 00-01 camry headlight looks like:



the 00-01s had a seperate hi and low beam whereas the 97-99 had dual filiment bulbs if his was replaced with anything like that it would be a 97-99 headlight assembly not a 00-01 since i think he would notice if he had 2 bulbs on one side and 1 on the other :P

[fenixus]

thanks adalex. now it's all cleared up. 93celicaconv had it the other way around, but that's ok

my car is solara, different head lights than camry
my lamps are both OEM and same and they look similar to 97-99 camry (double filament bulb), only difference is the arm on the side which camry didn't have (because it has grille and bumper in one piece unlike mine).

[fenixus]

i've got pics finally.

this is a complete setup on passenger side. i marked with a green line the piece i'm talking about (which is missing on driver side). above it you can see head lamp's plastic arm, below it you can see i think a bumper support no. 2 (?)

passenger side:


driver side:


and above is how the same thing (does not) look like on the driver's side, see it's missing. you can actually see the head lamp's arm above it in the air and the bottom bumper support no.2 (?) with bolt for it.

so, what am i missing on the driver side ? bumper support (no.1) ? what do you think guys ?

my understanding is that i've got both of lower bumper supports (Front bumper side support no.2 - p/n 52115-06010) as picture matches the diagrams (including bolts locations).

... but the driver side is missing (since collision 2 yrs ago) the "Front bumper side support LH 52115-14130", am I right ?

[fenixus]

LOL!

finally found it with help of toyotapartsoutlet guys
the piece i'm missing on driver side is actually much longer i thought (couldn't see it in full with bumper mounted):

front bumper reinforcement extension LH 52126-06020

that's where the body shop cut corners 2 years ago, shame!

[93celicaconv]

Glad you found the part you needed, Fenixus.

[fenixus]

thanks man,

it was such a PITA to find what it was. the diagram was kind of confusing or rather parts names were confusing even more hehe.
on some lovely weekend I will have to remove the bumper, that will be some fun too considering all those tricky bolts toyota hid here and there (plus fog lights) ... hehe, I will be very happy once i fix that finally, took me forever to figure out what was wrong with my bumper ...