Successful surgery on 05 RL headlight

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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 10:33 AM
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Successful surgery on 05 RL headlight

A deer ran in front of my RL on the interstate highway and I couldn't avoid hitting him. He didn't survive it - I felt rotten.
The car didn't look damaged until I noticed the headlight aiming on that side wasn't moving as much as normal. The bulbs were working but the little plastic holders inside the assembly had broken from the impact. A new headlight is expensive so I carefully separated the housing and installed a small spring to hold the moving light frame against its ball joint - works fine now - it even re-calibrated itself. No codes. Life is good. Now if somebody comments, and I answer, my post count will be 5 and the insipid noob treatment should abate.
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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 10:36 AM
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good job sir!
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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 10:43 AM
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Thanks - I think I posted about the headlight repair last spring but it may have been on the acura-legend site. Very few 2GRL posts over there these days?
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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 10:46 AM
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^i think the sites merged into this one.
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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 10:53 AM
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good job sir!
Thanks - I thought I had posted about the headlight repair before but it must have been somewhere else - maybe Chevy Truck )
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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 11:11 AM
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The deer deserved it.
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Old Nov 1, 2013 | 07:06 AM
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glad you fixed it without having to bleed your pockets..
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