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Old 12-30-2001, 01:52 PM
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Default Looking at buying my first Corvette and have an easy question...

I looked at a 1995 and the guy said that sometimes the right headlight would stick and not rotate completley because he had installed glass headlights and it should have plastic headlights. Not the cover, but the light itself.

True or False? :confused:
Old 12-30-2001, 01:56 PM
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Default Re: Looking at buying my first Corvette and have an easy question... (rhodginz)

It sounds more like a plastic bushing problem. I believe my headlamps are glass.
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Default Re: Looking at buying my first Corvette and have an easy question... (rhodginz)

he said what? it usually doesnt rotate all the way around because the bushings go bad. He said the light was plastic?
Old 12-30-2001, 02:07 PM
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he said the light was plastic!

Is the plastic bushing a big deal to replace?
Old 12-30-2001, 03:06 PM
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Default Re: If I heard him correctly... (rhodginz)

There are actually three plastic bushings in each headlight assembly. They are very easy to replace.
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Default Re: If I heard him correctly... (rhodginz)

it is true... the bulbs are plastic!!!

but that is an excuse... the real problem is bad bushings...
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Default Re: Looking at buying my first Corvette and have an easy question... (rhodginz)

I looked at a 1995 and the guy said that sometimes the right headlight would stick and not rotate completley because he had installed glass headlights and it should have plastic headlights. Not the cover, but the light itself.

True or False? :confused:
BS. I have replaced the plastics with glass on two vettes. None did you mention. :rolleyes:
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Default Re: Looking at buying my first Corvette and have an easy question... (rhodginz)

oh, and whatever you do, run a carfax!!!!

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