Hi,

Thanks to the nasty windstorm the Seattle area had last week, I am down a van and a TL tail lens. A tree fell, crushing my poor van, and a branch from that wacked the passenger lens.

My Acura dealer apparently still has no power, I can't get through to them on the phone. Anyone know about how much a replacement lens is? I haven't looked through the garage docs on how to replace it, not sure I want to. I have a $200 deductable, and am not sure if its worth making a claim on my TL or not.

Thanks!

(I suppose you want pics. http://www.reaganplace.com/pics/img_1164.jpg

That's the poor van, the TL lens is visible in this pic. Unfortuantely, my garage is full of remodelling stuff and shop tools, and I wasn't expecting the windstorm to be THIS powerful. Thats... all I can say in defense of not garaging my poor baby

 

ive seen them on ebay go for as low as $9. LOL nice tree, how much that one cost you?

 

eBay is probably the best place to find one - unless of course now is the time to swap for the TLS tails ! ;-~

 

I don't know yet I don't own a chainsaw, and they're pretty hard to come by up here right now. Once I dig the van out, I can have it towed. I'm afraid its enough damage to make it worthless, but not enough to total it.

I was glad my TL got out relatively unscathed though. I'm married to the van, but its the TL I sleep with at night.

 

That's an idea too. I'll have to go see what they look like; I haven't looked at any of the newer TL stuff, mainly cause I have a money sickness known as "must have best newest top of the line coolest"... um. syndrome. It's not helpful to saving money OR maintaining a marriage.

 

Oh I have that too - (not the marriage the sickness)....lol

 

what's the difference between a marriage and a sickness?

 

lol, I think most of us here have that sickness too

You may want to check/post on the Black Market also. There are a lot of us that upgraded to the 07 Type-S Taillights and still have the old ones sitting around.

 

How much / where from are the Type-S lights? I like, but I gotta stay in reason. I'm probably gonna have to buy a new van, so there goes my play money.

 

that sucks.

 

Just got mine today - they were 205.00 for the set. They look hot can't wait to get them on.

 

Here you go:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/04-06...71640655QQrdZ1

 

Awesome, thanks for all your posts. I decided that my deductable was $200, the new Type-S lights are $200, and someone already posted here how to install them... bah! I ordered me some cool new lights.

Thanks again!

 

Those are the regular ones.....not the type S

 

yea that storm sure did suck... a tree fell on my roof.. so i feel your pain... i'm here up in the bothell area

 

Thats what he was asking about in his original post. He wanted a price for a TL tail light lens not TL Types S.

 

Either way the cost is about the same.........

 

Yeah, I originally asked about the originals, not knowing the Type-S lights had changed. (If I don't look, I don't buy.) But I DID look, and I decided to go with the Type-S lights, they have more character and I like how they look on Anthracite.

I live up on the plateueu in Sammamish (in Sahalee), and man. So many trees came down through people's houses in our neighborhood. I have a couple HUGE cedars (200+ years) I was afraid would cut my house in half, but fortunately the only tree to come down was one of those stupid shallow rooted hemlocks, and it hit the van, not my house. All in all, if a tree had to come down AND do damage, thats probably the best place for it to fall. Not the house, not my TL.