Center light leaks

[violent31601]

so ya, I put an aftermarket center piece in my car and it leeks. I also noticed that there is no weather seal (on my old center light or the new one) is that normal?

[vanilla gorilla]

Put a bead of silicone around the seams.

[violent31601]

good idea, any clue on how to get the water out thats in there now?

[l_eclipse_l]

My back right taillight leaks. There is always moisture in there. Not sure why....never messed with it at all, it's not a huge deal to me.

[Blackcrow64]

Originally Posted by l_eclipse_l

My back right taillight leaks. There is always moisture in there. Not sure why....never messed with it at all, it's not a huge deal to me.

It will be once it starts shorting stuff out. I drilled a tiny little hole in the bottom corners of each of my taillights and I haven't had any water problems since. (Mine used to fill all the way up with water.)

[violent31601]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

It will be once it starts shorting stuff out. I drilled a tiny little hole in the bottom corners of each of my taillights and I haven't had any water problems since. (Mine used to fill all the way up with water.)

wow, thats a good idea

[gthompson97]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

(Mine used to fill all the way up with water.)

I bet that looked pretty badass at night with you hit the brakes

[l_eclipse_l]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

It will be once it starts shorting stuff out. I drilled a tiny little hole in the bottom corners of each of my taillights and I haven't had any water problems since. (Mine used to fill all the way up with water.)

haha my problem isn't nearly that big...I just notice a layer of moisture on the inside of the lense after it rains or I wash my car or something. It's been like that pretty much since I've owned the car, and nothing has gone wrong...yet. I will eventually get bored enough and take it apart sometime and figure out why the hell it fills with moisture so easily, but right now I'm swamped with classes and general being lazy.

[violent31601]

where abouts would you drill the holes in the center piece?

[Blackcrow64]

Pull out the center piece and you will see the underside how it is. Like, from the side view, go in the middle on the corner of each side so no matter how the car is setting it will drain out... Its hard to explain... I wish I had a picture... Ummm here lemme try this...

side.................back
.__.........________________
|...|.......|.......ECLIPSE......|
|__|.......|_______________|
..^........^........................^
Put the holes on each side of the back view but in the middle like the side view... Make sense? lol I hope it does. (Ignore the periods, I needed them for it to appear correctly. For some reason AF posts hate spaces. lol)

[violent31601]

i will try that out, thanks alot man

[violent31601]

ok, so i drilled the holes but now i still have the moister/foggyness inside the light, any tips on how to get rid of this. I thought over time(its been 3 weeks) it would have just evaporated back to normal but i was wrong

[xavier3jr]

paint it...solves all ur problems and looks 10x better

[l_eclipse_l]

Originally Posted by xavier3jr

paint it...solves all ur problems and looks 10x better

That dosn't solve the problem...just sorta covers it up.

[violent31601]

i was thinking about that, but its aftermarket...anotherwords i don't have the e c l i p s e, chrome on it