My driver's side has had water in it since the one and only decent storm we had in Ca. Today I decided to start doing something about it. I got some removable adhesive (so-called snowman snot, but mine's blue!), and alcohol to dry out the existing water. Intending to get some new gasket material too, just didn't do it today.
CRITICAL WORD OF CAUTION - Be careful what you use for your drying agent. More below.
First off, here's the gasket after I took it off. Lots of crap stuck on the tiny adhesive area. Of course this isn't going to hold up when it is the runoff path for half the back end of the car!
It is lighter though because racecar!
So I pulled one bulb from the housing and couldn't figure out how the water got in because it looks like the lights are an enclosure-within-an-enclosure - they aren't! Next, I poured in a little of my alcohol with a funnel to dry out the existing puddle and drops in there.
CAUTION - MAKE SURE WHAT YOU USE FOR THIS HAS NO SOLVENT IN IT! To put it mildly, I fucked up big! I couldn't find methanol easily, so I got denatured alcohol at Home Depot. Should be just fine though as it is similar enough.
Well, what I got apparently has a tiny bit of acetone in it (from Home Depot, supposedly "greener" denatured alcohol. MY ASS!). I didn't notice the smell right away when I opened it and poured it in, but I did a few seconds later. Hoped for the best, but today is not my day!
Eff You See Kay! Shit! Crap!
Well, looking on the bright side it appears I'll be getting some aftermarket tail lights very soon. I guess I have to figure out which ones I like.
On the downside, I wasn't planning on spending that $ on that mod. . .
