R33 Taillight Leak.

[Nick.]

Hey, water gets into my boot through the taillight.

Your know how its like circular shape into the body.. and it all sealed up with gunk.. should i just use some silicone or sealant on it coz its leaking from that.

Or is it worth pulling the whole light out.. coz i dont really want to do that.?

Like its designed for water to flow off the body behind it yeah?

p.s They have been out before by previous owner for painting.

thanks Nick.

Edited July 21, 2009 by Nick.

[gotRICE?]

Thats your problem, that they have been removed before. There will be a gap in the sticky stuff somewhere id say. I hate it that Nissan use that shit. Makes it an absolute pain in the ass to remove the tail lights.

I had a similar issue on my ITR. But they use a rubber gasket that gets brittle and leaks.

I did this:

Its a product by "Sellotape" called "Inseal". Works a treat, never leaked again. Single sided sticky foam tape that when compressed makes a watertight seal.

Just need to clean off the gunk and figure out where the light contacts the body and put it on. Making sure the join is at the bottom.

[PUDZ 32R]

mine were leaking 2. pulled the lights off and cleaned all the shit off with turps then bought a tube of the proper non hardening black windscreen sealant.

$9.95 at supercheap or BCF has it. its shit to work with but at least you can get ur lights back off again. if you use silicone say goodbye to being able to get them out again..

[Mayuri Krab]

As others have said, use that black window sealant thing instead of silicone as it doesn't hardern over time therefore making it easy to remove it if required later on. Also that stuff is alot less sticky than the OEM Nissian black thing.

Theres a DIY here on how to remove the tail lights.

Also another note, do you notice any water being left in the reverse & blinker light areas in the leaking head light? If it is yes, then you will need to remove the head light & dirll holes on the bottom of the plastic to let the water out as otherwise if you just reseal the light, water will bulid up inside the lights and will eventually flood out through the openings where the light bulbs go in.

This happened to my car, 1st it was leaking through the black goo area, after I took the lights out (took 4ever to remove all that black crap Nissian put in ) & resealed it with the window sealant. It started to leak water into the boot by means of flooding the area where reverse & blinker lights are & water going into the boot through the area where the light bulbs are located. So I had to remove that tail light off again (was much easier this time though, due to the fact that window sealant thing is no were near as sticky as the OEM Nissian black goo) & got my dad to drill a couple of holes on the bottom & I haven't had a leaking boot so far.

Edited July 23, 2009 by Mayuri Krab

[sniper2005]

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