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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 07:26 AM
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My drivers side tailight is about half-full of water after some heavy rain we had over the last couple days.
How is it getting inside there?
Is there some sort of seal that I need to replace?

Thanks in advance...
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 07:31 AM
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just buy a new one or go to a local junk yard and replace it
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 08:00 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IC33 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just buy a new one or go to a local junk yard and replace it</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 08:12 AM
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It your thrifty (cheap), you can put the tail light in the warm over and separate the two pieces. Give it a good cleaning and seal it back up with some silicone.

I did this and no more water in the tail light.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 08:14 AM
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Default Re: Leaky Tailight (dumbchild)

go to auto parts shop and get some silicone sealant. and put it around the edges. wipe off excess and let it dry for a day.

did this to my vision smoked ambers works like a charm. if dont correctly you can even tell work was done..

plus it beats paying 20 bucks for a taillight from the junk yard
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 08:33 AM
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Thanks everyone!
I'll try the silicone tonight before i buy a new/used one...
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 09:22 AM
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You can try to silicone it otherwise try to buy one in the classifieds
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