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okinawa drift
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well **** i finally got my taillights from EBAY! hahaha im very happy with the quality, very mint, noo scratches at all

but anyways, when i go to put them on, should i used sealant? cuz i notice there is already a rubber peice on it that the OEM head light didn't have, if i do use sealant, what should i use?

RTV gasket maker?

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Seals that came with them will be fine.

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What they supplied you should be fine. If not get some butyl rubber.

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Hopefully its buthyl cause that stuff seals like a MUTHA! nice tail lights though.

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Definitely use buthyl rubber(dum dum). Rubber seals that come with are too thick. It's winter, so you have to be very patient when you remove OEM tail lights. It's easier in summer but gets messy.

Black trim area is not in good quality, so it'll fade over the time.

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Pics of it on the car or ban!

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butyl rubber

hmm... can i get that at autozone? lol

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What ever you use make sure you seal it real good or else you gonna find couple inches of water in the well for your spare tire! And yes it will rust very quickly!

Oh yea nice taillight!

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nice to see you finally got those, now lets see 'em on the car!

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SleepyHB wrote:What ever you use make sure you seal it real good or else you gonna find couple inches of water in the well for your spare tire! And yes it will rust very quickly!
it'll only rust if there isn't any paint in the trunk...

but he's right, you'll get water in the trunk if you don't properly seal it.

I think I might have fishies in my trunk from the recent raining here in SoCal...

nice tail lights btw

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am i able to get butyl rubber at autozone? lol

and also should i just take off the rubber gasket thing the lights came with? or still use it?

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are those somewhat lighter then the stock one? just wondering

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they feel about the same, maybe a LITTLE lighter

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weight it if you have one..pretty plz buddy

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Lol is it really important how much the tail lights weigh?

OP...lights look good. If I had a coupe i would definitely be rocking those.

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i240sx wrote:weight it if you have one..pretty plz buddy
they are tail lights

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k welp..... here we go so i don't get banned

fitment is kind of off... god damnit but oh well


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Looks clean! I've been contemplating whether or not to get these lights for a while.Got any pictures of the rear from far away?

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Looks good! How crappy are your turn signals?

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they are decent, at night they shine!

and no i don't have pics of them from far away YET

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i rather stick with the stock one....

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I'll give you some tips. Replace brake bulbs with red coated ones. They look pinkish when lit and look much better with red bulbs. I replaced turn signal with chrome dipped bulbs and amber color is gone and look more clean. More than half of vert guys have these. wmdavis put LED bulbs in there and they look good too.

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where can ya get those?

autozone?

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those lights look great on the car. all i did was tint mine it was alot cheaper and kinda classy lookin lol

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okinawa drift wrote:where can ya get those?

autozone?
eBay is your best bet.

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those look awesome devin!

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how much were those and which ebay buyer did you get them from?

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The clear top part looks to damn shiny, like those fake diamond beads you see chicks stick on their cell phones...

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they aren't bad...but i rather see them on a modded car with aero than a bone stock car.

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bam modded! lolbut yeah i wanna get a set of these on my coupe too.


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