Pug 107 (currently kidnapped), citroen relay and '14 Vespa gts ie 125

[paulplom]

I cleaned them up with a dremmel the time before last.

[paulplom]

I bought some lovely clear headlights and fancy led sidelights that double as indicators. I've been putting them off as the last time I changed a bulb, I broke a couple of those spring clip things that grip the metal that the self tapper goes into. Anyone any idea what they're called?

[Hooli]

Oh I know the things, sorta C shaped and clip over a hole. No idea on the name though, I need one for a machine screw myself.

[LynehamHerc]

I may have misunderstood, as usual, but they sound like the things used to hold in VW T2 headlights.
If they are look on the Custom and Commercial website.

[paulplom]

These on amazon U clips?

[Eddie Honda]

You get those above that take self-tappers and a version that is properly threaded that takes a machine screw.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352437990

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[Hooli]

You get those above that take self-tappers and a version that is properly threaded that takes a machine screw.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352437990

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That's what I need, I just need to check they are M5 before ordering.

[Eddie Honda]

They hold bits of the RT's Tupperware together, so I have some M5 ones in the shed.

[Hooli]

They hold bits of the Strumpet together too, but one had stripped so there is a nut & bolt through one underneath it. A new clip would be much easier in future.

[paulplom]

Put the new clear lights in this afternoon. The surrounds were a bit scabby so I coated them in vactan before refitting. You don't see them anyway. I was going to keep the old ones for originality but to me they looked fucked.
The left one is changed in the photo. They look exactly the same switched on. I thought they'd be brighter.

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Now that's a happy, smiley car.