Headlight gasket/seal

[Thejerseyfish]

To ease some concerns, I've had my VX for about 6 years now. Almost as soon as I bought it the gaskets started coming loose. The main problem I had was in the, (if looking at the front of the car, the inner part of the headlight where the hood covers it), part of the gasket. On both lights they came loose, eventually I cut off just this portion of the gasket since a peice of it broke loose and started flapping around. I drove like this up till last month when my VX was hit and needed to get the whole front end completely redone. I never had any sort of problem whatsoever, so no your car is not going to blow up. I live in a pretty far ranging climate too, with weather ranging from extreme heat to extreme cold and snow.
The body shop did replace the headlamps totally and did put in new gaskets but what they used I have no idea, don't know if they are original spec equipment or not. So far so good though, knock on wood.
Hopefully this alleviates some fears.

[Joe Isuzu]

OK, it seems like I am one of a very few number of people who actually got the OEM h/lamp protective strips. I felt like an idiot when I got them as I couldn't figure out how they were supposed to fit. There were only little remanants of rubber left on my headlamps when I got the car so I had nothing to reference. I assumed that I would just get 2-3' length of rubber with an adhesive back. Instead I got one side with little crocodile teeth on it, one side that was a little different, and a third that was slightly different still. I felt like an idiot for not knowing how they correctly fit, but figured I'd put them on and pray for the best. I know I should have written the forum but I figured it couldn't be that hard to figure out. Well, they're on now but I guess until I see another VX driving around I will have no idea if they're on correct or not. It's better to go AM on this one, I will do so in the future myself.

[Chopper]

Hey, Joe... the flat cut ends, meet near the center, on the bottom edge of the headlight. Drop the cladding first. Once you line it up, the gator teeth make sense... they allow the bends, without binding.

[Joe Isuzu]

thanks chopper, now I need to debate if it's worth taking them off and seeing if they'll restick again to do it right
I'm kicking myself for now asking this question on the forum before I tried it myself, I just didn't imagine it would be that big of a deal putting gaskets on....

[Chopper]

3M double sided tape. The grey,automotive stuff. Just apply it over the factory stickum. Better than new.