looking for some advice

So I am away at school and won't be home until October, I did some damage to the front bumper off roading. (got real friendly with a tree) Long story short I decided to remove the bumper. The other day I happened to look under the hood and notice that the top pieces connecting the headlights to the frame had started to crack, I assumed it had just happened when I connected with the tree. And then today I looked and one has fully snapped and everything has seemed to sag down a bit so I'm guessing the weight of everything just put to much strain on those pieces and they gave way. Any good fix ideas?

 

Probably need a new headlight for that one bud.

 

lol yea how many kidneys is that going to cost me?

 

Just gob a bunch of jbweld on there.

 

Or drill some holes in the ridges and wire it together then jbweld it.

 

somebody say tree

 

I personally would just JBweld it, especially since it's not something you ever see unless the hood is open.

I thought my engine bay was dirty! Looking at that orange slimey mud in there makes me want to die.

 

Time to start stalking the Marketplace section....

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/fs-2016-tacoma-headlights-pair-350-shipping.566691/

 

My vote is to do both of these together.

 

Call your friendly Toyota Dealer just to see what kind of $$ you are looking at. Can't hurt to know.

 

^^ This is your best solution until you can replace the entire headlight.

 

I'd say you'll need about tree fiddy

 

Best glue for plastic I've ever used. You can built a bridge across the break with it.

 

Using these:

 

None of the suggestions will last long as that bracket is obviously under stress, it’s more than just a “hold it in place” kinda tab. Do you have access to a drill / vice & hacksaw? If so, go to Lowe’s / Home Depot, and buy yourself a piece of aluminum flat bar about 1/8” thick and the width of the tap ~1”, simply use the vice to bend it and cut it into the shape of the Z in the tab, drill a hole each end and one in the piece that’s left on the light, and bolt it in. Shouldn’t take more than 15 mins and it will be a permanent fix.

 

Remove headlight.

Drill a small relief hole on the existing, non-through crack. Fill crack and relief hole with epoxy.

Remove the broken tab and epoxy it back to the original piece. Find (or cut) a few small small piece of aluminum strips, cut & bend them to shape so that they sit flush in the "grooves" of that tab on both the top & bottom of the broken tab, then epoxy both upper and bottom pieces of aluminum to the tab, effectively sandwiching it. Once epoxy cures, drill a small hole through both pieces of aluminum (& the tab sandwiched between) on each side of the original crack, and then put a rivet (or bolt/washer on one side, washer + nylock nut on the other) through each hole.