Headlight Actuator Assemblies
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Melting Slicks
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From: Rockledge Florida
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
National Champs Gators 4 St. Jude '09
Headlight Actuator Assemblies
Has anyone bought the auction site head light motors?
After replacing the plastic gear in both sides, seems that the two-part epoxy eventually lets loose. I've had to re-glue them several times.
I decided to replace the actuators and get it over with. So I started shopping. The List price on new motors (head light actuators) from my stealership is $347.78 each. Thats a total of $695.56 for the pair.
After bargaining with the service department, they came down to $217.36 for each actuator. That totals $434.72 for both sides. That's not a bad price from what I can tell.
Then I looked on the auction site and find '97 - '04' Corvette headlight motors (motor. gear box and wiring harness) for $125.00 each. The ad states 'New' so I assumed they did not come out of a wrecked Vette. I asked the seller for the GM part number of this motor and he responded that they do not know the GM part number.
That response worried me as to what I would get if I bought them. Thus, my question. Has anyone bought these motors from the auction site? Were they OEM motors or knock off production items that may or may not work?
After replacing the plastic gear in both sides, seems that the two-part epoxy eventually lets loose. I've had to re-glue them several times.
I decided to replace the actuators and get it over with. So I started shopping. The List price on new motors (head light actuators) from my stealership is $347.78 each. Thats a total of $695.56 for the pair.
After bargaining with the service department, they came down to $217.36 for each actuator. That totals $434.72 for both sides. That's not a bad price from what I can tell.
Then I looked on the auction site and find '97 - '04' Corvette headlight motors (motor. gear box and wiring harness) for $125.00 each. The ad states 'New' so I assumed they did not come out of a wrecked Vette. I asked the seller for the GM part number of this motor and he responded that they do not know the GM part number.
That response worried me as to what I would get if I bought them. Thus, my question. Has anyone bought these motors from the auction site? Were they OEM motors or knock off production items that may or may not work?
