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brzsubarusti13 · 12-15-2015, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

Did you use it like a type of glue or just used enough so it would stick in?

Used it like a glue. Put silicone on all the clips. Removed the A clip so silicone was just placed where the clip hole goes for that one. Installed and held it until it dried. Repeated on the other side. Silicone might squeeze through the cracks when installing so have a towel for clean up just in case. Its been over a month and its going strong.

FRSBRZGT86FAN · 12-15-2015, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by cjrodriguez

Used it like a glue. Put silicone on all the clips. Removed the A clip so silicone was just placed where the clip hole goes for that one. Installed and held it until it dried. Repeated on the other side. Silicone might squeeze through the cracks when installing so have a towel for clean up just in case. Its been over a month and its going strong.

Not worried about future removal? Like for a bumper uninstall?

FRSBRZGT86FAN · 12-15-2015, 04:18 AM

Also does anyone know the part numbers for all the clips in the bumper?

I know the one that goes upward behind the side marker is SU00302988 anyone know the ones that go on the radiator shroud area as well as the ones under the bumper?

Mikey2style · 12-15-2015, 05:39 AM

I wouldn't suggest the helix ones...I've had 'em for literally a year and the one day it rained and I drove my car, my led lights started flickering. They're definitely not water proof. And it happened on both sides.

Went with the JDM clear ones now and had to get new LED's and now it's all good. I haven't tested it in the rain yet though...but those are built much better than the helix ones of course.

DCStorm · 12-15-2015, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by smotonaga

I had the same problem with my Helix markers, the A tab would always fall off even after a short drive. So I just krazy glued the A clip in place. Hasnt fallen out since.

It's not a matter of the clips falling of. These are brand new and the clips are intact. It's just not clipping into my bumper as it should. So I think the issue is elsewhere. It's strange cuz the passenger side is perfect.

Also when I put on the stock Amber ones it's almost perfect as well. It just won't sit 100% flush but it's way more secure. I compared the back of both the oem and helix sidemarkers and they are the exact same thing, I don't get it

FRSBRZGT86FAN · 12-15-2015, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikey2style

I wouldn't suggest the helix ones...I've had 'em for literally a year and the one day it rained and I drove my car, my led lights started flickering. They're definitely not water proof. And it happened on both sides.

Went with the JDM clear ones now and had to get new LED's and now it's all good. I haven't tested it in the rain yet though...but those are built much better than the helix ones of course.

I agree with this assumption I had the Helix's for like 4 months, went to pull my bumper off to do a reinstall of the winjets and not only did the clips snap, but when I checked my LED sidemarkers you could see a brownish tinge on both sides from moisture entering the sidemarker. With the JDM sidemarkers no such issues, I looked at them after driving through some crazy rainstorms after another 3 months no such moisture marks on the new LEDs.

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Originally Posted by DCStorm

It's not a matter of the clips falling of. These are brand new and the clips are intact. It's just not clipping into my bumper as it should. So I think the issue is elsewhere. It's strange cuz the passenger side is perfect.

Also when I put on the stock Amber ones it's almost perfect as well. It just won't sit 100% flush but it's way more secure. I compared the back of both the oem and helix sidemarkers and they are the exact same thing, I don't get it

Like I said before, did you take the bumper off at all?

nickmerronesucks · 12-15-2015, 08:36 AM

Come on i thought half you guys came from the 240/e36 scene(At one point i was a shitty 240 kid with tons of ziptied crap then i grew up and used nuts and bolts..lol ) Drill a discreet hole in the back of the marker and run a ziptie from there to the bracket on fender..holds mine perfect.

DCStorm · 12-15-2015, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

I agree with this assumption I had the Helix's for like 4 months, went to pull my bumper off to do a reinstall of the winjets and not only did the clips snap, but when I checked my LED sidemarkers you could see a brownish tinge on both sides from moisture entering the sidemarker. With the JDM sidemarkers no such issues, I looked at them after driving through some crazy rainstorms after another 3 months no such moisture marks on the new LEDs.

Like I said before, did you take the bumper off at all?

Yeah I have. I've swapped headlights before.

FRSBRZGT86FAN · 12-15-2015, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DCStorm

Yeah I have. I've swapped headlights before.

Yup, that's happened to me check that pop clip that goes straight up into the bumper vertically on that side that's behind the side-marker take it out then put it in again as far as it goes without pushing down on the actual top tab then push that top tab in.

Wes · 12-16-2015, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

There's no place to for a zip tie to actually attach to the sidemarker...

Make one....
Drill a small hole into the plastic bracket that holds the clip that you would push in with screw driver (remove clip first of course)

then as you put the side marker back, put a small zip tie through the hole that you would stick the screwdriver in and it should loop around automatically, then viola

now you have a side marker that wont come loose, better yet cant be stolen.

and SUPER easy removal in the future when you need to take off bumper.

DCStorm · 12-17-2015, 04:49 PM

Well I done fucked it up now.... Now not even my stock side marker fits in properly without popping out also. I'm so pissed right now.......

Lonewolf · 12-17-2015, 04:51 PM

The helix markers are crap. I spent an hour trying to help a member's to sit flush and tight to no avail. He later bought the oem clear markers and they popped in and haven't come out once...

Cole · 12-17-2015, 04:57 PM

After breaking the clips on a set of mine, I used some clear caulking. Worked like a charm.

DCStorm · 12-17-2015, 05:02 PM

I don't understand because the clips on these and the OEM ones are intact also. The OEM ones also had fit perfectly before and now nothing... I just don't get it. How do they go from fitting perfect to not fitting at all? With the clips never once even coming loose? Referring to the OEM ones....

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