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    Default Replace SVT headlight with non-SVT headlight?

    My one Headlight on my SVT has the teo top tabs broken on it. If I was to take the headlight assembly out of a non SVT would it be the same? Or do they make any sort of superglue epoxy type stuff that would hold the plastic together where it is broken?

    Thanks

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    SVT and non SVT headlights are the same.
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    If you glue the tab back on or fab a new one use Jb weld. It is a grey epoxy that is a-lot thicker than the clear type. If you use the 5 minute setting Jb you don't have to clamp the parts to wait for it to harden.
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    Careful on the color: a black SVT has black inserts inside the lights. I put one light from a silver/white Contour on my black CSVT and wondered why it looked so "different." After examining the original light I saw the internal color difference. Maybe a black Contour has the same lights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by unpolire View Post
    Careful on the color: a black SVT has black inserts inside the lights. I put one light from a silver/white Contour on my black CSVT and wondered why it looked so "different." After examining the original light I saw the internal color difference. Maybe a black Contour has the same lights.
    this is not correct. All off the headlights are the same. What you have is a headlight that was "Hightowered". Someone openned up the headlight and painted the inside black. This is not factory at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by unpolire View Post
    Careful on the color: a black SVT has black inserts inside the lights. I put one light from a silver/white Contour on my black CSVT and wondered why it looked so "different." After examining the original light I saw the internal color difference. Maybe a black Contour has the same lights.



    Not true.
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    Ok thanks guys. For now I will try using jbweld expoxy to fix the plastic tabs. For some reason I thought JB Weld was only for metal so this is good news.

    Thanks

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