Rear tail lights leak fix please help!!

[Streets_of_Fire]

hows it going, i am starting to have this problem on my friends 91 240sx and its been really bad on my 88 crx. i gutted out the trunk of my crx and when i look at the opening of the tail lights there is water in there adn it spills into my trunk, all the bolts are tightened so how is water getting in? please help thanks!!

[xyoufailmex]

There are seals that go around there... try replacing them.. they look like long stringy things of black sticky stuff... ugh that sounded disgusting.. Anyways, you can either order these, or pickup some of this stuff from a hardware store

[Streets_of_Fire]

thanks, hahaha , do i just get thsoe at any parts store??

[Meantime]

I'm guessing you have a fastback? I'm not familiar with how the coupe taillights fit into the body.

The sealer I used is butyl rubber made by 3M, an auto dealer or good parts store should have it (ask for Wind-o-Weld if they don't know what butyl rubber is).

Make sure to 1) get acetone while you're there, to get all the old sealant off the taillamp assembly and clean up the mess you will make; and 2) GOOD disposable gloves, butyl rubber is like carcinogenic chewing gum and it will get everywhere. It is a real pain to work with.

When you've put the new sealant on, warm it up with a hair dryer or heat gun before you press the taillamps back in, this will help it seal it to the metal body.

[Streets_of_Fire]

so i just take off the old stuff, after i remove the tail lights and then apply it, heat it up and then put the taillights back on? same on my crx right? thanks meantime!!

[Meantime]

Never owned a CRX so I don't know how the tail lights are attached to the body, but that's all you do for the 240. Took me about an hour to do it and 2 hours to clean up. :/