Davidinseattle
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I bought my wife's LR4 in Cali (warm climate). Apparently, the headlight washer nozzles are mounted in the bumper with double sided tape. Yeah, I know right?
Of course, in warm weather and a little pressure from a car wash or whatever, the one on the passenger side gave way so it was left dangling inside the bumper cover. The dealer told me the fix was to remove the bumper replace it all and spray the bumper.
Well, no way I am doing that. I told them to mix up some two part epoxy, put a dab in the place where the two sided tape once was and hold it firmly in place until the epoxy dried. They did this and it worked just fine.
The caveat is that they took the inside fender well off to do it. NOT necessary. All you need to do it remove the fog light trim ring. Super easy with a little tug. Then there are a couple of torque screws to remove the light. No need to unplug the light. Just leave it dangling. There is just enough room to use a properly cut dowel to pin the washer nozzle in place once you put the dab of epoxy on the the back of the tab used to hold the washer nozzle flush.
Let it dry (best bet is 24 hours) and remove the dowel and put your light and trim ring back in. Fixed!
If you have this problem, this repair is a much better route. DIY or tell you dealer. They don't want to have to risk painting anything on your rig. Customer sat with paint work at the dealer is generally very low for obvious reasons and they labors hours for the work is generally crap too.
Oh, make sure you protect your bumper cover from drips or spillage while putting the epoxy on.
Good luck.
Of course, in warm weather and a little pressure from a car wash or whatever, the one on the passenger side gave way so it was left dangling inside the bumper cover. The dealer told me the fix was to remove the bumper replace it all and spray the bumper.
Well, no way I am doing that. I told them to mix up some two part epoxy, put a dab in the place where the two sided tape once was and hold it firmly in place until the epoxy dried. They did this and it worked just fine.
The caveat is that they took the inside fender well off to do it. NOT necessary. All you need to do it remove the fog light trim ring. Super easy with a little tug. Then there are a couple of torque screws to remove the light. No need to unplug the light. Just leave it dangling. There is just enough room to use a properly cut dowel to pin the washer nozzle in place once you put the dab of epoxy on the the back of the tab used to hold the washer nozzle flush.
Let it dry (best bet is 24 hours) and remove the dowel and put your light and trim ring back in. Fixed!
If you have this problem, this repair is a much better route. DIY or tell you dealer. They don't want to have to risk painting anything on your rig. Customer sat with paint work at the dealer is generally very low for obvious reasons and they labors hours for the work is generally crap too.
Oh, make sure you protect your bumper cover from drips or spillage while putting the epoxy on.
Good luck.
