Headlight Trim

What is the headlight trim and where is it located?

Headlight trim includes molding, bezels, and brackets that protect your headlights and makes them look good.  Molding and bezels are made of plastic and surround the headlight on the outside of the vehicle.  They provide protection from road debris to the headlight, and contribute to the style of your vehicle’s front end.  Available in different colors, as paint-to-match replacements, or in swanky chrome.

How do I know if my headlight trim needs to be replaced?

Just like the headlights themselves, bezels and molding get scratched, scuffed, cracked, or even snapped off by flying pebbles, sticks, and road debris.  They get damaged in fender benders or front end collisions.  If headlight brackets get broken or bent out of shape, your headlights end up misaligned or not staying in place.

Since a different colored headlight trim will fit the same, replace your headlight trim to give your vehicle a new look.  Add a bit of chrome to your front end for some flash.

Can I replace the headlight trim myself?

Replacing headlight trim is easy for the novice do-it-yourselfer.  Headlight molding and bezels are held on with screws or small bolts.  Remove these and you’ll be able to pull the trim off.  Parking lights and side marker lights might be mounted to the trim.  If that’s the case, remove the lights from the old trim and mount them to the new trim.  Put the trim into place and refasten it.

For headlight brackets, take them off with the headlight assembly.  Then separate the bracket from the headlight and mount the new bracket and reinstall it.