While I agree that it might be a little ghetto to have to tape or otherwise seal the gap between the trunk channel and the tail light housings, it's a cheap and necessary evil to protect your investment of aftermarket tail lights or gaskets.
If your car is a garage queen and stays out of the rain, snow and elements most of the time, you'll likely never have an issue, but if (like most people) it sits outside a lot (especially in areas with more frequent precipitation), it's a risk due to the design of the car and how it drains water.
Unless you have an epic stereo setup or other show piece in your trunk, it's likely closed 99% of the time anyway, so the feeling of it being ghetto doesn't last long since nobody will see it except you. It's also way better than the embarrassment and frustration of having your tail lights filled with water.
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Originally Posted by dnieves
Surprising if you're going to buy the aftermarket gaskets you have to ghetto-fy the car with tape. I'd expect that with OEM
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