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Q CAN WE SOURCE NEW FIXING FOR A HEADLIGHT BRACKET?
We have a Rapido A-class in which we need to replace the headlight (Hella 90mm), which is held in a square-shaped bracket bolted to the front bumper.
These bolts go into four threaded inserts, held in the bumper, roughly positioned in a cross formation.
Three of the bolts came out with no problem, but unfortunately, the last one, holding the headlight unit to the bumper, snapped when we tried to extract it, as a result of corrosion.
On inspection, we found that the bumper fastenings into which each bolt threads are what I can only describe as an M4 threaded, size 10mm hex brass insert, positioned in a black plastic
