tpurkey

I purchased some type-s smoked rear side marker lights and now they are popping out. When I first installed them 3 weeks ago they clipped in pretty tight. But yesterday when I was waxing my car I noticed that they are barely sitting in there and come right now with any pull. I was wondering if anyone has had this issue and what their fix was. Also, if I decide to glue them in; is there any glues that would be bad for the paint? or any glues that wont hold up in the weather?

justnspace

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I would take them out and inspect the plastic clips and figure out why its not clipping in!
I had to shave my clips slightly.

swoosh

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I know Rockstar took a knife to it....i dont know how he did it but i can only guess he cut a little tab in there so it would "click" and fit...

i personally would not use glue as if the sidemarker goes out, replacing it will be a bitch...

roof2006

We used to use rubber cement on our side markers back in the day... Strong enough to hold it in - not too strong that you can't pull it out.

96cd5

My rear USR sidemarkers are the same way. I used some 3m double sided tape and It works wonders.

SharksBreath

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ahh the joy of aftermarket parts...

tpurkey

That is a great suggestion! I think I will try that. I was also thinking of trying some silicone caulk, that shouldnt be to hard to get off it I needed to remove them.

tpurkey

No kidding! I would have bought OEM side markers. But they were much more expensive!

Q_ShipTL

I see this is an old post, but any updates? Just got a set of smoked Type S rear markers (Depo) and despite shaving down the think foam gasket, they still dont fit right! Ugh.

TheDingo

I was going to say trimming that foam gasket worked for me. Other than that, I'm not sure what else you could do!

Q_ShipTL

I've trimmed off most of their thick gasket and it still won't fit. When I try to push it back I.nto place, it won't lock into place flush with the body like the OE does. Ugh. Aftermarkets.

TheDingo

I had to stick it in there then push it forward as far as it would go.. then press as hard as you can on the rear while pushing it back. I eventually got it to clip. I never touched them after that. Good luck!

JDM_GSR_131

Guess I will stick to the stock ones rather than going thru the BS..

Q_ShipTL

Well it all depends on what you want for your end result. Do you want stock OE Base, or, like me, do you want that upscale Type S look? Sometimes we have to go through a little bs to gain great results. don't give up on what you want.

TheDingo

I think it looks good on some colors and not so much on others.. I had AM so it made sense. It's really not that hard. You can make it work with the aftermarket units.

justnspace

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c'mon guise...

its as simple as finding the thick spot and sanding it down.

SharksBreath

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idk why anyone would have an issue getting them to clip into place onto the car.

the only thing i had to do (unrelated) was dremel off part of the connector on the NEW USR sidemarker itself, in order to fit onto the rear connector harness on my type-s (applies to type-s only)

but yeah its not rocket science...see which wont part go in, figure out why, sand/cut accordingly.

swoosh

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Aaron/Justin

I dont think the issue is putting it in the issue is, for it to stay in....

OP, there is a tab which "locks" with the opening...if the tab is tooo small/thin on your sidemarker where its not locking in, take small flathead and extend the tab...it should be able to sit flush....

TheDingo

Another issue is that there are a few different aftermarket units and I suspect the consistency of the product is somewhere between slim and none.