Plastic Pointers #11 - Rebuilding a Broken Headlight Tab

John rebuilds a broken tab on a Toyota Tacoma headlight.
Products Used:
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6125 Tapered Burr - www.polyvance....
Aluminum Tape - www.polyvance....
TPO Welding Rod and Ribbon - www.polyvance....
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- The length of this video is in no way representative of the actual time required to perform a complete repair and therefore should not be used for estimating purposes.
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[@MrAchilles113]

insane. so professional I dont think 90% of regular folk like me have a hope of doing it this well. Gonna stick to epoxy, lol.

[@larrybud]

I think the outline would be easier for us normies if you would draw the outline on the aluminum tape with a sharpie first. And when all else fails, a grinder and files will form the shape in the end.

[@rkhan7086]

Amazing. Very professional.

[@polyvance]

Thanks for watching!

[@ruizrandyrr]

Clean repair 👍👍

[@Todd66]

That’s a bit beyond repair. I would say that is refurbishing and nearly remanufacturing it. Amazing how good that looks. I have 2 headlights each with one broken tab. I have a hot iron, but no hot air. I do have other headlights to use as material, so it will at least match. I am thinking about getting hot air…can also use hot air for solder reflow, so yeah.
Awesome job, great video

[@polyvance]

Thanks! Yes, rebuilding a tab like this definitely takes some skill. This video was just to show it is possible. Repairing a crack when you have the broken pieces is much easier than this.
If you have any questions about the repair you will be doing, you can give us a call and we can give you some guidelines.

[@Todd66]

@@polyvance very nice. I sure appreciate the offer. I have some material to practice with that is same as the headlights I plan to fix (ABS), so I am going to practice until I have the confidence to do it and do it right. I have a hot air reflow machine for soldering, I am going to try to adapt it for plastic welding. I have a plastic welding iron and a hot stapler or whatever they are called, so I will do my best to make mine as good as the headlight in the video.

[@samcom1333]

Thank you

[@polyvance]

Thanks for watching!

[@jojos6527]

This was an excellent video I feel much smarter today than I did yesterday great advice great technique professional job I am definitely following you sir

[@lahoz6]

Excellent work! 👏👏👏

[@polyvance]

Thank you!

[@nickVeitch00]

Great work well worth a watch 👍🏻👍🏻

[@polyvance]

Thank you!

[@Jeff-kw8jj]

He is an ARTIST

[@polyvance]

Agreed!

[@dent-clublondon]

It's more than beautiful ❤️

[@polyvance]

Thanks!

[@fjoy3376]

Just discovered plastic welding is a thing ... love watching someone use their skills

[@polyvance]

Thanks for watching!

[@dannyf4995]

Thank you. Great job.

[@polyvance]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnwale5595]

My name is John Wig I love ur work God bless u

[@polyvance]

Thanks for watching our videos!

[@martinf9626]

Why not add 2 little metal rod on each side in the plastic to add more strength to it

[@JrBetancourtcom]

It looks great !

[@polyvance]

Thank you!

[@AMindInOverdrive]

very interesting. nice work

[@polyvance]

Thanks for watching!

[@arkadiuszwalenda]

Super

[@CL9k24a3]

Bravo 👏

[@polyvance]

Thank you!

[@annagraham6204]

That’s so good. Mine looks like a kindergartener high on glue did it. It’s awful. I have the gun style. Heats staples and irons plastic. In general what style is best? Most repairs would be automotive.

[@yashpalsinhzala4345]

Very very good sir
👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@polyvance]

Thank you!

[@larrybud]

What temp is the air?

[@user-eo5nv3uf1h]

Спасибо вам. Я у вас учись. Россия

[@polyvance]

Thanks for watching!

[@AR-sf3zn]

Can you do the same for tesla M3 tabs? My headlight is all good but tabs are broken :( Where are you located?

[@vjekoslavcvetnic7500]

It is polypropylene with some additional material TD 20% >PP-TD20

[@polyvance]

The TD20 is a talc filler that has been added. So with PP-TD20, you've got a polypropylene with 20% talc filler. The talc filler makes the plastic brittle, which causes it to break cleanly. Broken tabs normally fit back on the part very tightly. Check out the section between 1:55 and 2:15 in this video to see an example = ruclips.net/video/flNmbXpUqz8/видео.html

[@damianspencer9057]

Awesome job,👏👏👏. Do you offer this service if I need it done?

[@polyvance]

Thanks!
We're a factory in Alabama; we just supply body shops with the equipment to do repairs.

[@S.E.R.G.I]

The best work I have ever seen 😱