Headlight crack/hole - MOT fail?

[Yozza 0]

Morning,

Hope this is the right forum.

I've found a small hole (2mm ish) in my off side headlight with about 10mm of opaque headlight around it.

Would this be an MOT failure?

I can get pics up tonight to show in more detail.

Any idea how much new/scrapped headlight casings are?

 

Cheers for any help.

[nocrap 0]

It will only fail if it interferes with the light beam pattern.

Late lenses from VW are about £20, early are a bit less but you may struggle to get early lenses now.

[vwdeviant 0]

Mine's gone through 2 MOTs with a 2mm hole filled with clear Silicon...

 

I think as long as your beam patterns not screwed... however you need to get it sealed/ replaced as any moisture will kill teh silvering on the lights and that WILL be a MOT fail...

[Yozza 0]

Cheers,

I'll pick up some gel tonight and seal it.

MOT is next month, so hopefully it'll get through alright.

Ta,

 

Yozza

[Supercharged 2]

If it's a late car I would really advise buying a new lense while you still can!

[Yozza 0]

It's a 1990 (H Reg) 1.8 16V.

Are these easy to get?

It may be worth getting some now and replacing it before the MOT.

Cheers.

[Supercharged 2]

Ah no - they were £8.40 from VW earlier this year but now obselete... keep an eye on eBay

[Yozza 0]

Sorry if there's a post on this already, but what are the differences between the ones on different Corrados?

I'll have a trawl through the forums and see if anybody is breaking.

Ta.

[Yozza 0]

Oh, one other thing.

Even though I've got a 1.8 16V, the bonnet is from a VR6.

One of the previous owners replaced it.

Does that make a difference to lens/light selection?

Cheers.

[Supercharged 2]

Probably not if just the bonnet unless he has changed the wings, slam panel and lights also...

 

There is not much difference between the lights but it's 1cm or so that makes the crucial difference so the lenses are not interchangable...

 

If you give me the numbers off one of the lights I can probably tell you..

[Yozza 0]

Reet,

Numbers on the lens are:

001 133 061

04444 01 R8

7R 011 758

 

Hope at least one of those is useful.

 

There's some condensation in the headlight now, so I'm going to have to seal it pretty sharpish.

 

Cheers.

[Supercharged 2]

Yeah thats early...

 

Part number 536 941 115 if you ever come across one...

[Yozza 0]

Right, cheers.

Any ideas of places that might have one?

Would VW keep an old stock or are they all gone now?

Keep an eye on e-bay and the forums, but the MOT is next month, so if it fails I'm in trouble.

Cheers.

[Yozza 0]

Right,

Just to let you know, I've managed to find one in Portsmouth at a VW dealer.

If you call any dealer they'll do a national search. There's about 5 other dealers in the South East that still have it in stock as it only went obsolete last week (!).

 

Cheers for all the help with this, and I'll be off to Portsmouth at the weekend.

 

Yozza.

[herisites 0]

Are late lenses still available from VW? How much are they?

[Supercharged 2]

Yep - £20 ish

[juzza 0]

£32.41today

[DanVW 0]

If anyone does get another hole in their fog or headlight I have found the best way to seal it

without being able to see the "fix" is clear tape :-) worked on my old golf for years,

 

And more recently on the C

[Riley 0]

:D

 

http://www.volksdevil.com/forum

[bigpants baby 0]

New later style lenses are £28.05 from vw