T/A Tails
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T/A Tails
when I bought my WS6, the driver taillight assembly was badly water damaged, and dark from corrosion. So I bought a used one here off the forums, well he had taken the lamp apart and used a thicker exproxy. well It didnt fit right, I took it back out and examined side by side, the exproxy he used is too thick for it to fit right. I was wondering if anybody had a write-up or a How-To on fixing these tails, taking them apart and such without breaking them.
Oh, BTW I mailed 94aquaformula about this, No reply in like 2 weeks. too bad he already has a + i-trader. I mean I asked if it had water damage, he said no but who the hell would want to replace their tail with another one that will end up the same? anyways, pretty shady of him, beware of 94aquaformula!
Oh, BTW I mailed 94aquaformula about this, No reply in like 2 weeks. too bad he already has a + i-trader. I mean I asked if it had water damage, he said no but who the hell would want to replace their tail with another one that will end up the same? anyways, pretty shady of him, beware of 94aquaformula!
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i guess...just blows to buy a part and now need the Same Part!
so no-one knows where a how-to is? I'd do it but I've never taken tails apart, scared I'll crack the plastic or something.
so no-one knows where a how-to is? I'd do it but I've never taken tails apart, scared I'll crack the plastic or something.
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I don't understand how he took them apart in the first place without breaking them? I've tried this on the newer honeycomb lights. The epoxy used to hold the outer lens to the housing is strong stuff, even with a heat gun I couldn't loosen it up enough to remove the lens without breaking the small ridge on the inside of the lens, which sits in the "canyon" like crevice of the housing. My guess is this is what happened to your lights, and the previous owner put them back together to the best of his ability. You can line the lens back up and everything, but it just won't sit right. Epoxy is a heck of an adhesive. I wouldn't recommend trying to remove the lens, odds are, you'll damage it even further.
The older 93-97 lights are only siliconed in place, so those were easy to take apart and fix. Wish GM would have just stuck with that.
The older 93-97 lights are only siliconed in place, so those were easy to take apart and fix. Wish GM would have just stuck with that.