Headlight Bolts 2000-2002 vs. 2003-2005

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:26 pm

I know the headlight bolt thing has been talked to death on here and mine broke too. I have my modern projectors coming in the mail on tuesday. I dont like going trough the dealer for parts, so are the headlight bolts from the 2000-2002 neons the same as the ones from a 2003-2005 neons? I smell a junkyard run if they are. Thanks

Mike

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:46 pm

Yes. At least the ones from my 01 plymouth were the same as my 04 SRT...so I'm going to go with yes.

Post by **Canada** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:09 pm

The intelligent beuatiful one is correct. I was gonna go with the "woth stupid" smiley, but is not true

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:20 pm

you only need one bolt to hold the light... trust me i kno...

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:27 pm

Thanks guys, Im off to the junkyard so I can get the modern projectors in, but first I have to pull out the busted ones. I tried for about and hour and nothing

Speeder · Post by **Speeder** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:49 pm

jetas wrote:you only need one bolt to hold the light... trust me i kno...

supermike · Post by **supermike** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:04 pm

Yeah I'm only running one bolt in each side, not because they broke, mine came out just fine with one hand and a tiny ratchet, but for some reason I can't get the one back in with my projectors. The tab above the turn signal seems like it needs to be just a tiny bit longer. They're not near falling off though.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:39 pm

Pfft. You don't even NEED the long bolts. I've attached my lights using duck tape, zip ties, and hope before.

After breaking my long bolts (and not having the welded nuts on the underside) trying to get my new lights in I just decided to go with slightly thicker short bolts and they work fine; no movement.

(I am in no way condoning the use of wrong hardware and hope to hold your car together

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LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:33 am

jetas wrote:you only need one bolt to hold the light... trust me i kno...

You can really only get away with that on the 00-02 neons because of how the turn signal goes. If you mount with one bolt on the 03-05s the headlights wobble. I broke one before..... lol

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:46 am

LilSparkPlug wrote:
jetas wrote:you only need one bolt to hold the light... trust me i kno...
You can really only get away with that on the 00-02 neons because of how the turn signal goes. If you mount with one bolt on the 03-05s the headlights wobble. I broke one before..... lol

I feel lucky to have an 00 now =D

Mat00ES · Post by **Mat00ES** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:25 pm

I have 2 broken ones, once again another thing to fix this summer.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:46 pm

Mat I have extra ones somewhere, which one is it? The short or the long?

Mat00ES · Post by **Mat00ES** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:57 pm

Im not sure, I tried taking out my lights, because Im a tard and snapped them.

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:37 am

I found one good long one from the junkyard and then pulled some off of a i think 2002 dodge intrepdi. The threads are the same, but the length and bolt size are different. It doesn't matter it still fits.

Mike