hey all my tail lights are leaking so i'm replacing the gaskets. and i was wondering how do i know when there tight enough. is there a torque spec? i doubt it. i just don't want the **** to leak again (pardon my french). any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

 

An 8mm socket and some common sense not to go too tight!

 

yeah but how tight is too tight that's what i'm asking. i think i can figure out how to remove a tail light, if i can do a mini me swap

 

just before they snap

 

What I do is use a 1/4" drive on the bolts. You can tighten them pretty tight with the 1/4" drive without breaking them too easily.

 

lol that's funny. did you ever think that maybe i don't want to have to tighten them again if there not tight the first time i do it. you can't just crank down a gasket there's suppose to be some leway that's what insures the seal. duh, i think if i can do a complete mini me swap by myself then i think i can do this. obviously some people cannot read and i can sympathize w. that but geeze it's a pretty straight foward question

 

by the way let me know when you blow yourself up from a spark when your frame hits the ground ignites your NOS so i can take your girlfriend from you. lol

 

ahahahaahahahahah

 

don't worry about it i'll do it myself. i really don't want to offend anyone or **** anyone off but some of that stuff was pretty un called for. ohh well it's a laugh

 

yeah well it was a funny spontanious comment based on information ganed from his webpage..thats what i call improvising

 

thanks! so yeah i'm gonna tighten them snug and see how that works, thanks for the help all

 

come on man. if you did your own mini me then pop off the interior panels, pull a tail light and check em out.

 

If they are leaking into the housing the problem is not how much to tighten the bolts, that doesn't even matter. You have to reseal the outside of the lights using some sort of sealant. Try clear silicon. Works great...


[Modified by JohnnyM, 10:53 PM 9/24/2001]

 

hrmm NOS isn't explosive???? a pressurized flamable gas isn't explosive when it's mixed w/ 02... hrmmm that's a new one to me....

 

I was talking about the taillight problem not Nitrous...

 

yeah i know. my nissan has the same silicon gunk on it's tail lights factory. it's a pain to work w/ but i may just do that. thanks

 

i always thought that no2 wasnt flamable...i know its cold tho cuz people spray it onto their turbo piping to get it cold...

p.s. to all you folks who dont have good shiz to say...go suck a **** we dont wanna hear it!