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Old 01-21-2010, 12:23 PM
NCLivingBrit NCLivingBrit is offline
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Default Best place to buy replacement stock headlights?

The other day the lens on my front drivers side headlight assembly got broken (I hit some black ice, spun off the road, blew through a guy cable for a telephone pole and ended up in a field with a wicked crease in my roof, whip marks on my hood and a busted light). As it still worked, I had put off replacing it due to an acute case of broke We've had a ton of miserable weather and now the light is dead and filled with water. Both the main lens and the blinker orange section are busted, so it looks like a full replacement makes the most sense (especially now this one is a fish tank).

Where's the cheapest place to get a replacement assembly? I'm still pretty broke, but I need both headlights to see, especially with all the rain we're getting. The local parts places (Advance Auto etc) will have to order it from Ford anyway so instead of waiting two weeks through them I figure I'll just buy online and save the time/money (they want $70 for the darn thing!).
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Old 01-21-2010, 02:20 PM
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have you tried your local junk yard?
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Old 01-21-2010, 07:47 PM
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have you tried your local junk yard?
The only ones I knew about locally all have houses on the land now.
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Old 01-21-2010, 08:43 PM
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www.certifit.com

look at their locations and see if there is one near you. you can get a new light for like 28 bucks. i have a set on my truck i bought for my 01-03 swap. make sure you open the box if you go there and check the light though. one of the reflectors in a light i got fell off inside the housing and i had to get another one but they exchanged it for me.
Unfortunately, they dont ship though.
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Old 01-21-2010, 09:21 PM
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www.certifit.com

look at their locations and see if there is one near you. you can get a new light for like 28 bucks. i have a set on my truck i bought for my 01-03 swap. make sure you open the box if you go there and check the light though. one of the reflectors in a light i got fell off inside the housing and i had to get another one but they exchanged it for me.
Unfortunately, they dont ship though.
About an hour each way from my house, so half that from work. Thanks for the tip!
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Old 01-21-2010, 10:43 PM
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About an hour each way from my house, so half that from work. Thanks for the tip!
no problem. just call ahead to see if they have it in stock. even comes with new bulbs lol
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