The more eyes see this, the better a chance they have:
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/27/help-id-a-hit-and-run-what-car-does-this-headli...
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April 27, 2010 10:21 a.m. Scott Lear Production Editor
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April 27, 2010 10:43 a.m. Woody SuperDork
First, since this happened in Yipsilanti, it's unlikely that it's from an import.
My guess is that it's not even a headlight, but rather the light that's closer to the grill on a 91-95 Ford Taurus.
Like this one:
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April 27, 2010 10:49 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
It would really help if they said whether the pieces were glass or plastic in the article.
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April 27, 2010 10:50 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
It kinda looks like glass in the pics, so that would cancel out the Taurus. It looks thicker than a plastic lens, and it's not yellowed at all like a lot of plastic lenses.
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April 27, 2010 10:56 a.m. Powar Dork
I'll agree with the commenters on that site in saying that the 95-99 Lumina/Monte Carlo assembly looks very, very similar.
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April 27, 2010 11:00 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
It's GM. The little clip that holds the lens to the body is the give away. Probably '90s or early '00s.
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April 27, 2010 11:00 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
Powar wrote:
I'll agree with the commenters on that site in saying that the 95-99 Lumina/Monte Carlo assembly looks very, very similar.
That was my first thought as well.
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April 27, 2010 11:47 a.m. nocones Reader
What about early Olds Aurora? Can't find a clear pictue but seems to have a more consistent pattern than the lumina, but a similar overall shape.
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April 27, 2010 11:50 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
Not an Aurora, I have one
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April 27, 2010 12:23 p.m. TJ Dork
Grtechguy wrote:
Not an Aurora, I have one
Is yours maroon?
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April 27, 2010 1:10 p.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
I don't think it's a Lumina/Monte Carlo. Just went and looked at one up close, and the horizontal lines are much closer together than the fragment pics, unless the fragments are just REALLY small and really close up. If they're serious about finding this car, they need to tell us whether the lens is glass or plastic and show a ruler in the pic or something to tell the scale.
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April 27, 2010 6:06 p.m. akamcfly Reader
TJ wrote:
Grtechguy wrote:
Not an Aurora, I have one
Is yours maroon?
Ours was
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April 27, 2010 7:22 p.m. integraguy HalfDork
I didn't read all 214 comments, but another possiblity is the 98-99 Malibu.
BTW, it's hard to tell, as others have noted, whether this is a glass or plastic fragment, but I'm betting glass as it doesn't have any "tears" to it, but instead has sheared off pieces. I don't know my cars well enough to guess what car would still have a narrowish glass headlight.
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April 27, 2010 8:58 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
TJ wrote:
Grtechguy wrote:
Not an Aurora, I have one
Is yours maroon?
yes...but my head lights are intact lol
