Gluing glass cover around lights back on
Discussion
The glass covers around my front indicators have both fallen off (yes, both of them). One of them while driving and is lost, so I'll have to get a new one. And the second while I was examining it to see out why the first one might have fallen off. Turns out they aren't screwed on, they are glued on, the glass apparently glued to a rubbery material.
Is it likely to be sufficient to get any strong glue marked as able to glue glass from a shop to glue it back on with, or do I need to get any special stuff?
Is it likely to be sufficient to get any strong glue marked as able to glue glass from a shop to glue it back on with, or do I need to get any special stuff?
Minis and Spitfires (amongst others) have a circular glass dome sidelight lens that fits into a lip in a rubber gasket that's held on to the bodywork by the sidelight bulb holder. On top of that, there's a chromed ring which fits in a further groove in the rubber which locks the whole thing in place. No glue is used. Could it be that your rubber gasket has got hard and cracked? I assume you have an Electron, and therefore the parts should be standard Lucas and still be available. Hope this helps.
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