fogged up tail lights
must have a crack or a leak somewhere letting in moisture.....find the crack and seal it.
Once you've dried out the light of course....I recommend leaving it near a heat lamp or out in the sun for a number of hours, make sure its good and dry then reapir the leak/crack
edit: if you can't find the leak - put all the bulbs in the light (once its out of the car) so that it SHOULD be sealed....then put it underwater in a bucket and look for bubbles - BAM
Once you've dried out the light of course....I recommend leaving it near a heat lamp or out in the sun for a number of hours, make sure its good and dry then reapir the leak/crack
edit: if you can't find the leak - put all the bulbs in the light (once its out of the car) so that it SHOULD be sealed....then put it underwater in a bucket and look for bubbles - BAM
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how would u take the tail lights apart? i took off all the screws but the thing still wont budge... and im afraid to force it out because i mite break something
screws??
you mean nuts right?
there are 8 nuts attaching the tails to the car on each side......plus 4, I believe, holding the license plate bracket on....
they might be sticky to remove once the nuts are off because the gaskets may be vulcanized to the car from age.....careful
you mean nuts right?
there are 8 nuts attaching the tails to the car on each side......plus 4, I believe, holding the license plate bracket on....
they might be sticky to remove once the nuts are off because the gaskets may be vulcanized to the car from age.....careful
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Originally Posted by classicauto
must have a crack or a leak somewhere letting in moisture.....find the crack and seal it.
Once you've dried out the light of course....I recommend leaving it near a heat lamp or out in the sun for a number of hours, make sure its good and dry then reapir the leak/crack
edit: if you can't find the leak - put all the bulbs in the light (once its out of the car) so that it SHOULD be sealed....then put it underwater in a bucket and look for bubbles - BAM
Once you've dried out the light of course....I recommend leaving it near a heat lamp or out in the sun for a number of hours, make sure its good and dry then reapir the leak/crack
edit: if you can't find the leak - put all the bulbs in the light (once its out of the car) so that it SHOULD be sealed....then put it underwater in a bucket and look for bubbles - BAM
still dont understand the "if u cant find the leak" part :-(
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there is no "correct" way to remove the LENS........the whole taillight can be removed though, then let the water dry...
if you wanna go about this the "correct" way, go the dealer and buy a brand new tailght - about 400 bucks.....if you don't feel like doing that then try this method.
BTW - the "if you can't find the leak" part means if its not easily found, like if there is a crack in the lens you can see, obviously thats where the leak is, but if you can't find it - use the bucket method.
if you wanna go about this the "correct" way, go the dealer and buy a brand new tailght - about 400 bucks.....if you don't feel like doing that then try this method.
BTW - the "if you can't find the leak" part means if its not easily found, like if there is a crack in the lens you can see, obviously thats where the leak is, but if you can't find it - use the bucket method.
