I removed the headlight assemblies from the wife's 2015 Dart GT. Left side side had a broken bracket that I will be replacing. The problem is the 2 piece plastic and bolt that hold the bottom of the bracket to the car. I have no idea how this should be put back together. I have gone to both local Dodge Dealerships for help and neither knows anything about these and can not help me. I have a feeling the previous owner has tinkered with these and didn't know what they were doing, thus leaving them in an incorrect state. The black piece will fit through the bracket mounted on the car and turn 90 degrees to lock into place. The white piece threads into the black piece but with reverse threads. If I try to start the bolt through the bracket and into these two pieces, it of course grabs the white piece first and as I tighten the bolt, it removes the white piece from the black piece because of the reverse threads. I'm thinking I need to remove the bracket from the car and attach these brackets together outside of the vehicle and put it all back as one unit. Only two nuts hold the metal bracket to the car so it would not be difficult at all, and was probably the best way to remove the headlight assemblies in the first place.

So, my question is: Does anyone know the purpose of these two plastic pieces and how I should set them in place? The bolt threading into them is smaller than the hole it goes through on the headlight bracket, so it is quite possible that it should not be tightened down and left to allow for movement.

 

It's hard to say how accessible this may be now that the car is all ripped apart, but even if someone can get a camera down there from under the hood maybe and take a pic of the spacing that would certainly help. Also, maybe see if that bolt going into it allows for movement, or if it is tightened.