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Old 10-29-2012, 08:19 PM
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just gonna want to seal them up with some silicon to prevent moisture. just around where the light seals....aftermarket seals suck lol
Old 10-29-2012, 08:26 PM
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Can you find a pic of the area I need to seal? I'm not the brightest crayon in the box :0
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Still would like a pic of where I'll need to seal up my aftermarket lights coming in. Also has anyone gotten led taillights, and if so is there wiring for them involved or just plug and play? Good news, programmer will be here tomorrow and other tracking numbers say lights will be here Friday so maybe I can get everything installed this weekend !
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If you look at the lights, there is a seam around the entire thing where the lens is attached to the back housing. You want to fill that seam all the way around.
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Alright they should be here Friday, what kind of silicone should I use?
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Congratulations on your winnings, and your fiance as well! My marriage advice is simple. What's hers is yours, and what's yours is yours. And don't ever tell any of your brothas "I have to ask the wife" otherwise you no longer wear the pants, you'll be wearing panties!

I can't comment on the LED lights as I'm keeping my stock tail light housings (for the moment) but if they're anything like the Hella units then they should be plug and play. One thing I have to mention is there is a lot of garbage quality, foreign-made tail lights out there. They fog up, leak, crack, discolour and have poor fit. You shouldn't really need to seal them up if they're quality made. If you do, I'd recommend windshield silicone.
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Well I'm going to try them all without sealing unless the seams looks poor. But it's not just aftermarkets that sometimes have bad seals my old car (funny story since its a 2011) Chrysler 200s had nice lights but first cool night they fogged up and had a lot of moisture in them. The car only had like 4k miles and was 3 months or so old. My grandmother now has it lol, had to go back to trucks that thing was wayyyyyyyyy to small!



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