Hello guys,
did anybody deal with brocken tubs?
How did you repaire them? I have fount a set of a celica that was scraped and most of the tubs are broken.
I m considering to repaire them with a plastic weld kit, the one that is similar to a soldering iron.
But I don't know what kind of plastic is tha headlight housing made of, and if this method is good
for the celica headlights.
I need you opinions and your experience if any!
Thank you in advance guys

This post has been edited by marinos: Oct 15, 2015 - 11:06 AM

Plastic welding should work. Or use a JB weld or some other similar product if you don't have the knowldge/ability to plastic weld.

What is the JB weld jordisonjr?
I also have a spare headlight I 've seen some videos I believe I can do it.
It just needs some detaling, I planning to apply the method with the stainless steel mesh, it should be fine.
I should check what type of plastic is the headlight housing made of!

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The plastic the headlights are made of won't weld well for plastic welding. It's kind of powdery and brittle due to age. So it'll break easily even after welding. I tried it. JB weld doesn't stick, I tried it multiple times. Steelstik was a bit better, but will still break off due to the type of plastic and it's brittleness.

Only way is using a few of the above mention methods plus some other stuff. bend metal to the same shape as the tab. Melt the plastic where it mounts to a smooth surface. Sand the surface so it's rough. CLEAN THAT AREA WITH ACETONE AFTER SANDING. Steel stick that tab you made to the spot. And recreate the tab with steelstik. Drill the holewhere it's needed.

I used a plastic expoy when I did my tabs. Held up so far.

Thanks a lot guys for the tips.
I had seen a video on youtube that repair the headlights taps with plastic weld. In fact he used a stainless steel mesh and he heat it with a tool similar tonsoldering iron. Then when the mesh sink it to the plastic he added more plastic by a rod. From what I have realised the key to a strong weld must be the bonding plastic that makes the weld.
The bad think with my situation is that all my taps are broken on the left low beam.

Hello guys its been a while and I m still research my options mainly because you can't find every day kouki headlights and I don't want to mess them up.
I m leaning twards this kind of repair. It seems the mesh keeps the weld solid.

The video for reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5wYxfEZVJc

In addition I have found this kit which seems it can do the job,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/True-Power-80-Wa...MoAAOSwQTVV~H50

It seems that it comes with plastic rods to rainforce the weld, and after inspecting the headlights I have found writen on the top of them,

Housing >PP-t20<
H1
Extention >PC<

So I m a bit confused about the material, I assume that Housing is what I need, but what is the extention of the headligh?

I was also googling and I have found this for the 7th gen celica.

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=291587

There are also holes on the 6th gen headlights 1 on top and 2 under the headlight, is anybody aware if
there is a part by toyota made for this reson? I really want plastic tabs, in case of a collision the headlight has more
chances to spare the lens. I guess this is tha way this set still has an intact lens. The front of the car was crashes
but the tabs of the headlights broke and did not took all the impact.

So I have made my first plastic weld on an old headlight before applying this to my jdm headlights and it seems to work great!
The weld has a bit flex but I didn't add any extra material. Anthough this was made just for test I m happy with the result and
I have order some gray plastic welding rods out of PP which the headlight housing is made of to make a better bond.
What I havent mentioned already is that I have used also a very thin aluminium mesh in order to rainforce the weld.

Here is a photo for your reference, I hope this will help more people in this forum.



Note in this photo I m holding the headlight from the tab and it holds strong, with some flex that will be eliminated by the extra material
that I already have ordered.

The link of the plasting rods:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PP-Plastic-weldi...UgAAOxyrxZR3mKM

This post has been edited by marinos: Nov 7, 2015 - 11:50 AM