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White plastic twist on headlight caps?

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YUPOK

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Aug 13, 2013
Riverdale, New Jersey
I need some help with the headlights on my talon. I did not see any info in any other threads, could be cause I don't know what the right name is for them. So if this has already been covered, my apologies.

I have a pair of 97 Eclipse headlights and I noticed there are 2 white screw on plastic caps that go on the back of the headlights to cover the bulbs. I have 2 for the pair but the ones that are missing are a different size or shape.

Is there a good technical name for these?
Do they make these aftermarket?

Any help on this is appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Mitsubishi does not sell these separately from the entire headlight assembly. Your best bet would be a junkyard, someone parting out their car, or one of our supporting vendors that parts out cars.
 
YUP!!! That's them. Here's the back story on these little puppies and maybe a helper to anyone else who may encounter this. I have a 95 but my headlights are shot, all cracked up and in bad shape. But the car I bought came with a real nice set of 97 Eclipse headlights. They bolt up but give me about a one inch gap on the inside between the light and the fender. It looks ok to me, better than having cracked up headlights that won't pass inspection.
Anywho, these plastic caps were missing on the eclipse lights I put on, and guess what the ones off the 95 only fit on the outer holes. This picture you found on Ebay makes a lot of sense, those black ones pictured are a smaller diameter which is why I can't get the other white ones to fit on the newer headlights.
So now I gotta find those black plastic caps, or buy this set on ebay.

Thanks for all your help guys and I hope this might have helped others who want do this swap.
 
That because 95-96 lights are different then 97-99. If you want to keep the 97 style lights then you will need a 97-99 (2GB) front bumper. Another cheap route would be look on the classifieds here for some one doing a partout and try to get 95-96 (2GA) headlights and those will fit with out the gaps.
 
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