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Subject:Re: 91 Westfalia - metal clips in headlight buckets that hold on front grill
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 6 Sep 2015 01:53:37 -0400

Dealer part, 251 853 696 if you mean the spring clips that capture
the *metal* half-turn snap fasteners that look like flathead screws
from the outside.

Yours,
David

At 11:48 PM 9/5/2015, Steve Williams wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I recently had an impact with the front end of my 1991 Westfalia right
>in the area of the passenger head lights.
>
>The damage has all been repaired, I've re-installed the (straightened)
>head light "buckets", or steel brackets that hold the 2 glass lenses.
>
>I then went to install the black plastic front grill only to discover
>that the 2 metal clips that are press fit into the headlight buckets are
>missing.  I'm assuming the impact blew out the clips, since I don't
>remember removing them (nor did I even know they were there until I
>tried to re-attach the grill) .

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