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Old 20th July 2019, 11:04   #11
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The rear plastic lugs broke off my rear interior light. I got sick of re-inserting it and soon after seeing it again dangling in the rear view mirror. I couldn't find one in a scrappy, so I used a couple of small self tapping screws, mimicking the lugs position, slotted it in place, and it's been fine since...

Would you have any pic ?

My lugs being broken I haven't any hint of the look.
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Old 20th July 2019, 12:20   #12
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Would you have any pic ?

My lugs being broken I haven't any hint of the look.
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Tbh this was just a temporary fix until I could get a replacement, but it worked so well I forgot about it until I read this post. The plastic tab cut from a sweet container was my first attempt. It helped, but failed over speed bumps and didn't work too well, but I left it in place anyway. The mod that worked was the two self tapping screws, covered by electrical insulation tape. See photos for positioning...





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Old 20th July 2019, 12:31   #13
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Old 20th July 2019, 12:34   #14
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@gnu shame it didn't work on the long run: I love your sweet container style!
I'd asked just in case my silicone gluing fails on speed bumpers...
At the moment it looks fine but who knows...
Thanks again for the pics.
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Old 20th July 2019, 13:29   #15
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@gnu shame it didn't work on the long run: I love your sweet container style!
I'd asked just in case my silicone gluing fails on speed bumpers...
At the moment it looks fine but who knows...
Thanks again for the pics.
Yeah shame the 'sweet' fix wasn't good enough. Hopefully your silicone repair will work. I'll probably still keep a lookout for another roof light in the longer term, but with the screws in place it hasn't fallen down at all.
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Old 22nd July 2019, 08:29   #16
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The rear plastic lugs broke off my rear interior light. I got sick of re-inserting it and soon after seeing it again dangling in the rear view mirror. I couldn't find one in a scrappy, so I used a couple of small self tapping screws, mimicking the lugs position, slotted it in place, and it's been fine since...
Had come to that conclusion too. Have been fiddling around to find some appropriate screws.

Should be easy to find having bought thousands of screws over 60years of DIY.--
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Had come to that conclusion too. Have been fiddling around to find some appropriate screws.

Should be easy to find having bought thousands of screws over 60years of DIY.--
Good luck. I used Philips headed self-tappers ~ 25mm long would do. I also wrapped them in insulation tape to stop them damaging anything.
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So far my silicone is still strong & the rear courtesy light still firmly stuck to the roof, despite those too many horrid bumpers that are popping up like mushrooms!
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The rear plastic lugs broke off my rear interior light. I got sick of re-inserting it and soon after seeing it again dangling in the rear view mirror. I couldn't find one in a scrappy, so I used a couple of small self tapping screws, mimicking the lugs position, slotted it in place, and it's been fine since...
Me too.. tried aralditing a piece of plastic in, didn't work, so drilled small horizontal hole, just under the plug socket, used a horizontal 1.5inch wood screw into this to "make" a rear lug - jobs a good un!
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Me too.. tried aralditing a piece of plastic in, didn't work, so drilled small horizontal hole, just under the plug socket, used a horizontal 1.5inch wood screw into this to "make" a rear lug - jobs a good un!
Good luck. My rear light is still up there, no probs.
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