how does water get into the toolkit?

[OniKyan]

how does it work??

Fuckin' magnets.

[E30m42cab]

Coupe/sedan trunk, do it now and save yourself any further effort of filling holes. Cleans the look up too, especially with the early model 3rd tail.

Steel wool the shit out of your tools to clean them up.

[iSOregon]

nice pfeba spoiler

[trackjunkie21]

yes you need to take the toolkit out to access how the 3rd light is attached.

Definitely.

you can put duct tape around the whole seal and odds are you will fix it. yes. You will see where it leaks in and you could try to silicone it.

People with average IQ shouldnt have a problem fixing it, and they do sell replacement seals... which as noted dont fix the problem. its a peice of plastic held in with rubber grommets

I forgot, R3v's favorite tools are Duct tape, zip ties and their huge e-cocks.

[stamar]

ya they sell the rubber seal but unfortunately thats not the problem it actually leaks in from the plastic, its no longer flush to the rubber....the edge on mine is gone where the the brake light is.

Cant fix that so much as you can seal where its coming in on the trunk side( in a square over the whole light area. real duct tape is waterproof...). or maybe take the actual rubber out, and bondo it. Lots of ways to fix it just what seems easiest to you.

I know someone who answered actually got a whole new trunk lid and painted it red that works too but which is really the bigger hassle?

waterproofing or painting?

[McGyver]

...which is really the bigger hassle?

coupe or vert fender on a vert?

fixed

[BrooklynMW]

Underpants gnomes.

[E30m42cab]

nice pfeba spoiler

Thanks, one of my favourite bits of kit!

[Vivek]

I feel like there would be issues with paint matching when replacing it with a different lid. Different batches of paint (always a slightly different color) what kind of condition the different lids were exposed to over the years...when you repaint it at least you can blend it in.

[stamar]

yours are leaking though right vivek? or you filled them in with bondo?

If you took it to a mechanic I bet they would bead silicone all around it. as ugly as that sounds that fixes it.

Ive seen 3rd headlights like that. Not sure if they were homemade or shop solution.

[Vivek]

To be honest, I haven't really thought about it. I have no money to do anything on my car, so i've ignored the leaking light. My dad's is removed and the holes are filled (I assume so because there's a rusty toolkit and rust-colored foam bits under there) and it looks perfect.