Leaky Tail Light

[hiptech]

Greetings,

Just found this forum and decided to post here first, excuse noob.

Just finished detailing our '93 SE and discovered water in the left tail lamp. Anyone have experience fixing this or is it better to just replace?

Found used one on ebay but don't know if this will end up being a leaker too?

Appreciate any advice.

Thanks

[Catch-22]

is the lens itself cracked, or is it just a seal somewhere?

[hiptech]

Lens looks fine, must be dried out seal?

[hs06]

this happens alot on after market taillights just seal back up with clear silicone and ur set

[ExplodingCake]

Taillight gasket are pretty much teh case. They are probably dried out and worn.

[Catch-22]

that would be my best guess

you might be able to find something in a hardware or auto store to try and plug it back up... some kind of rubber based sealant crap.


or you could take it as a sign from god that it's time to start modifying your car and buy some euro/jdm tail lights....lol

[hiptech]

Thanks guys, guess I'll hold off on the ebay bid for now.

BTW, these are not aftermarket... believe it or not they're original - bought the car new.

Guess I can't complain since this is the first problem we've had with 'em.

Luckily, I have the Helm manual but no info on the tail light removal. Guess I can figure it out as it shouldn't be too hard to pull these?

Also, anyway to clear the water out before resealing?

Thanks again

[hs06]

Thanks guys, guess I'll hold off on the ebay bid for now.

BTW, these are not aftermarket... believe it or not they're original - bought the car new.

Guess I can't complain since this is the first problem we've had with 'em.

Luckily, I have the Helm manual but no info on the tail light removal. Guess I can figure it out as it shouldn't be too hard to pull these?

Also, anyway to clear the water out before resealing?

Thanks again

tailights removal one of the easys things possible can do with my close 4 bolts

[hiptech]

Will try the sealer first, guess it's cheaper than replacing for now.

Thanks again everyone

[jayrob333]

Hey man I have had this problem numous times and I found a great solution for the leaky taillight.... buy clear silicone and seal it to make it waterproof and the good thing is if you plan to change taillights you can easily remove it by just cutting it

[hiptech]

Hey man I have had this problem numous times and I found a great solution for the leaky taillight.... buy clear silicone and seal it to make it waterproof and the good thing is if you plan to change taillights you can easily remove it by just cutting it

Thanks for that.

Sounds like I need to separate the assembly first and then reseal it with the silicon?

Or is it just cleaning up the dirt and running a fresh bead of silicon around the seam where the lenses meet the housing?

[beanzfynest617]

i have the same problem....but im waiting for the weather to get better....

[cb7accord_h22]

Yea i had this prob with my aftermarket tails it sucks!!! and looks like crap!! i swiched to the red and clear tails and it still builds up moisture....might have to try to do that with mine also