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Is there a way to open this tail lamp to refurbish it?

Old 12-19-2012, 03:07 PM
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Finding this passenger side tail lamp is next to impossible. So is it possible to open it up to clean it? It looks like hell.
Old 12-19-2012, 04:03 PM
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One of the two tail lights can not be opened between the Camaro and T/A's but I can't remember which one to really be of any help.
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The firebird taillights can be opened just bake them and pull apart
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Could always go with the honeycombs.... just saying.
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^yeah.. For like 4-600 for the set lol. These things are unnessecarily expensive. My drivers side lamp gets flooded when it rains and has lost most if the reflector inside. Would buy new ones, but I'm not spending that much for a light. just gonna end up opening mine for some cleaning/ re-painting/ re-sealing
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Originally Posted by JD_AMG
Screw that. Finally found a new on on ebay.
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Originally Posted by The Alchemist
Could always go with the honeycombs.... just saying.
Or this: https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...tail-lamp.html
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Id first try cleaning them out - may just be condensation. Try pouring in a 50/50 mix of water and alcohol - a half cup should suffice. Slosh around, pour out, and let them sit in the sun a while. If that takes care of the condensation, then moisture is getting in somehow.
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Originally Posted by VinR1
If that takes care of the condensation, then moisture is getting in somehow.
Take a good look at the pic I posted. Let me know if moisture is getting in..
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That's definitely moisture getting in there. I would bet money the top of the lamp is separating and letting water in when it rains or you wash it. Just a small bead of clear RTV silicone will solve it. Had the same thing happen to the camaro, I couldn't even see it. Take it off, dry it out as best as you can with a paper towel and pencil or kitchen towel. Then take a hair dryer and finish it off. It's probably separating from the area I drew a circle around, that's also where you should apply a bead of silicone.

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Took 20 minutes to fix....
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Originally Posted by crimson_bird
^yeah.. For like 4-600 for the set lol. These things are unnessecarily expensive. My drivers side lamp gets flooded when it rains and has lost most if the reflector inside. Would buy new ones, but I'm not spending that much for a light. just gonna end up opening mine for some cleaning/ re-painting/ re-sealing
Take and do like I did Crimson, I took and on my Camaro lights, I took and drilled small holes in the bottom on the lights themselves to let any water out that would get in there and now that I've done this, I haven't had to replace as many bulbs due to the moisture.

I will in the end have to buy new ones because they look dull when you hit the brake lights but I have helped them out just by drilling out little holes on the bottom of them.
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Originally Posted by 9WhiteCamaro9
Take and do like I did Crimson, I took and on my Camaro lights, I took and drilled small holes in the bottom on the lights themselves to let any water out that would get in there and now that I've done this, I haven't had to replace as many bulbs due to the moisture.
I did the same thing. I just took the whole housing out, wiped out the inside with a paper towel on a stick, drilled a couple holes (1/4" IIRC) in the black plastic at the bottom of the housing, and put them back. I havent had an issue with them since.

I also did this with a much smaller bit to the headlight of a fox body. I just went through the lens on that, because I didnt care enough to pull out the housing.


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