Broke the plastic over my headlights

Kenneth in Texas · Nov 10, 2015

Really p'd me off but a small limb came out of the brush pile past my FEL and broke thru the plastic that covers my headlights on my '08 L2800, now i have a significant size hole in front of my left side headlight. Havent looked online about it yet but im betting that isnt just a replaceable plastic cover but a whole headlight assembly? Anyone done this that knows what I now need to replace it back to normal?

BigBoyToys · Nov 11, 2015

Looks like it will be the whole assembly!

amigauser · Nov 11, 2015

You could price new and then try some tractor salvage yards also.
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Kenneth in Texas · Nov 11, 2015

BigBoyToys said:
Looks like it will be the whole assembly!

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life just aint fair

to have to replace the whole assembly for around $150 just over a broke piece of plastic

Hendrix12 · Nov 11, 2015

$150 is cheap. my B29 assembly costs $230

Kenneth in Texas · Nov 11, 2015

Hendrix12 said:
$150 is cheap. my B29 assembly costs $230

was it an i stock item or did you have to wait?

Mine is showing to be $143 and change on several dealer sites. OR $111 on ebay shipped from hong kong :thumbdown: that claims almost a month delivery time.

AStanton · Nov 11, 2015

I hit the brakes one time and my Chow-mix dog fell into my Toyota pick up cup holder and broke it. That was $70 over 12 years ago.

varmint · Nov 12, 2015

Not a clean replacement, but I had a half dollar sized hole in a L3130 headlight, which I "fixed" by buying a crystal clear sheet of thin Lexan at HD, cut to cover, and silicone adhered, which at least sealed the assembly, and didn't seem to affect the lighting (which is crappy, anyway). You couldn't really see it without looking carefully. Under $10.

Kenneth in Texas · Nov 13, 2015

varmint said:
Not a clean replacement, but I had a half dollar sized hole in a L3130 headlight, which I "fixed" by buying a crystal clear sheet of thin Lexan at HD, cut to cover, and silicone adhered, which at least sealed the assembly, and didn't seem to affect the lighting (which is crappy, anyway). You couldn't really see it without looking carefully. Under $10.

I just did this very thing, had some 1/8" clear lexan in the shop so i took a dremel tool and cleaned up my break, traced the outline of the break on some paper, then cut it out of the lexan, pretty tight fit and sealed it with clear silicone, stand back 5 feet and u can hardly see it was ever broke. Will stay this way since I hardly ever use the headlights anyway and as was already mentioned they are not that good anyway with a FEL on.