Rusty and leaky tailight

[Cyclopy@)]

Alright, so I live in Washington where it rains 400 days out of the year.
Somehow water gets into my passenger taillight and pools onside of it. Then when I open my trunk, it POURS out of the taillight.
I checked the gaskets and they looked fine, but I replaced them anyway to be sure. Still leaks.
But now water is starting to drain out onto the trunk and rusting it out.





My question is, what's wrong with my crap?

[CB7 R3ason]

dude my taillights always finds a way to get water behind to lense i fixed it by getting a dremel and drilling two very small holes in the bottom of each taillights so the water would run out....

[Cyclopy@)]

Wouldn't that water go into your trunk? That's another problem I have. Water getting into my trunk from the taillights.

[HATCHing]

Got yourself a new trunk... find them at your local pick n pull Junk yard should be around $40-$60. Get the one with the same paint so you wont have to paint it.

The problem is that when you have dirt and water trapped behind a pocket like the trunk has, it will eventually turn into rust.

['93CB7Ex]

i drilled a small hole in all my tailights. no water since or condensation.

[Cyclopy@)]

Got yourself a new trunk... find them at your local pick n pull Junk yard should be around $40-$60. Get the one with the same paint so you wont have to paint it.

The problem is that when you have dirt and water trapped behind a pocket like the trunk has, it will eventually turn into rust.

If water is somehow leaking into my trunk, would that be a step to fix that problem as well?

[HATCHing]

If water is somehow leaking into my trunk, would that be a step to fix that problem as well?

Find out where the leak is from... maybe the taillight gasket? check and seal it with RTV sealant to keep water out.

[Cyclopy@)]

Find out where the leak is from... maybe the taillight gasket? check and seal it with RTV sealant to keep water out.

Replaced the gaskets. Water still gets in somehow. I need to wait for a time where it's not raining and have someone take a hose to my trunk while I'm in it so I can see where it's coming from.

But replacing the whole trunk lid might be a good idea.

[stence2028]

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=2868

[E46grocerygettr]

Maybe to get a set of used taillights from the local pick n pull? Then sand down that rusted area and touch it up. OR you can go with what the person above suggested, and just try to find another trunk that's the same color.

[accordztech]

Take off the light an inspect.

[stence2028]

i also had the same problem. but after tinting my tail lights i was puting them back in but i put a lot of silicone on the gasket.

[accordztech]

i also had the same problem. but after tinting my tail lights i was puting them back in but i put a lot of silicone on the gasket.

Why you being cheap??? LOL I did the same thing!!!

[Cyclopy@)]

Alright, I guess for now I'll spread on the silicone then look for a new trunk lid.

[Dark_Accord]

EVERY honda i have owned has the famous leaky tailights ... normaly i also do the drill hills in botttom to fix method noted above... i noticed on my new cb its also leaking from the rear widnows bottom trim piece ><

but yeah most likely it is not leaking from the seals behind the lights its leaking between the lens and the plastic base