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burfadel
17-02-2015, 04:55 PM
Hey guys, long time since I've been on here!

Tonight I had a minor crash (rear ended someone else). Both headlamp lenses are smashed, as well as the left indicator and the grill is damaged, but the headlights still work.

I was wondering how much replacement headlamps would be, as well as the left indicator, say if I went to upullit?

Thanks!

A4papers
17-02-2015, 05:08 PM
My local wreckers ask $50 for a Headlight Assembly and $15 for the indicator part.... If you look around at a private seller on ebay or gumtree you can get parts ALOT cheaper, Maybe $40 for the headlights and $5-10 for the indicator.

burfadel
17-02-2015, 05:37 PM
I saw that you can get a pair of brand new non-genuine headlamps for $114 on Ebay. A set of new indicators if $46 delivered, so $150 in total. The grill looks to be essentially the most expensive part. Although those prices are good, if I can save on that it would be good. There's also the issue of the postage time for the parts, whereas if I can get them locally I could have the car fixed fully by the end of the weekend.

burfadel
17-02-2015, 07:32 PM
So I guess my best bet would be to go for those parts? Unless someone has these parts locally for cheaper? I should be able to salvage the grill.

I do have a Magna repair manual but I can't find it :S. How do I go about removing the headlamp assemblies?

taniagirl
18-02-2015, 06:15 AM
you can buy my one piece parra's for $80 or the executive lights for $50 plus postage

burfadel
18-02-2015, 06:34 AM
you can buy my one piece parra's for $80 or the executive lights for $50 plus postage

That sounds quite tempting! I'll definitely keep that in mind. I called around and should be able to get the headlamps for $29 each and the indicator for $16, so I'll see how that pans out on the weekend :). It's much less than I thought it would be.