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title: "Headlight Repair Service for Bodyshops and Assessors"
description: "Headlight repair service for bodyshops and accident repair centres: a new housing after a knock, cracked lenses, broken tabs and parts no longer made."
url: https://headlightrepairshop.co.uk/for-professionals/bodyshops/
lang: en-GB
---

# Headlight Repair Service for Bodyshops

Headlight repair service for bodyshops and accident repair centres, built for the front-end job where the headlight came off worse than the bumper. A light impact tends to break the outer shell of the unit and spare the costly parts inside, so most of the headlight can go back on the car. You remove it, we rebuild it, and it returns for refitting.

[Get a trade quote](https://headlightrepairshop.co.uk/get-a-quote/) [How it works](https://headlightrepairshop.co.uk/how-it-works/)

![Headlight hanging by its wiring loom from a stripped front end, one corner of its housing split](https://headlightrepairshop.co.uk/img/for-professionals_headlight-repair-service-for-bodyshops.webp)

## Front-end damage: what can be saved from the old unit

In a minor collision the lens usually cracks first. Once the unit is off the car, the rear shell and its fixing lugs often turn out to be broken as well.

- Split or holed shell: projectors, boards and trims are moved into a brand-new housing.
- Only the lugs snapped: a tab repair kit or a new housing, depending on what the car needs.
- Cover broken through: replaced with a new lens, then sealed.
- Rain got in through the damage: the inside is cleaned before the unit is closed.
- Chrome lifted by damp: the internal part is chromed again.

Damaged inner trims are rebuilt or sourced, depending on the model. More on housings and tabs at [Headlight Repair Services](https://headlightrepairshop.co.uk/headlight-repair/), and on covers at [Headlight Lens Repair and Replacement](https://headlightrepairshop.co.uk/headlight-repair/lens-replacement/).

![Car front end stripped in a bodyshop bay, bumper off and the cracked headlight still in place](https://headlightrepairshop.co.uk/img/for-professionals_headlight-repair-for-bodyshops_front-end-damage.webp)

## Working alongside the assessor

Insurance assessors deal with bodyshops every working day, so a repair option normally reaches them through you.

A written quote, together with your own photos of the damage, gives the assessor a figure to weigh against the price of a new headlight.

![Behind a cracked lens the projector and boards are untouched, so a headlight repair service for bodyshops can save the unit](https://headlightrepairshop.co.uk/img/for-professionals_headlight-repair-for-bodyshops_cracked-lens-intact-projector.webp)

## Discontinued units: sourcing the part

Some headlights are no longer produced, and neither are their internal parts. In that case the working component can come from a damaged unit of the same model and be fitted to yours.

Whether a donor is needed shows up in the quote, before you commit.

## Collection and return to the bodyshop

Pick-up from your site and the return trip are arranged with your quote.

The sealant on a rebuilt headlight must cure before it can be shipped. Book the refit around the turnaround, which is confirmed in your quote.

## Questions from bodyshops

### Will anyone see that the headlight has been repaired?

With a new housing, the mounting points are factory-new. On a resealed lens the finish depends on the make, and if a visible line is likely you are told before you approve the work.

### Do you deal with the insurer directly?

The repair is arranged with the bodyshop that has the car. Your written quote can go on the claim file.

### Can a matrix or laser headlight be saved after a knock?

If the module still works, the housing and lens can be renewed around it. A failed matrix or laser module is exchanged as a part rather than repaired.

## Quote the headlight before you order a new one

Photos of the damage, the make, model and year are all it takes to get a written price.

[Get a trade quote](https://headlightrepairshop.co.uk/get-a-quote/)