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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 06:20 PM
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Tail light problem

Hey guys so I notoced on my tail lights there's like small bubbles / cracks starting to come from the edges does anyone have this problem any way I can stop it?
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 06:22 PM
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Does it look like sun damage?
can you provide a pic?
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 12:55 PM
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Heres a pic anyone know if its because of a defect? I bought these from curry acura last month

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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 12:59 PM
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looks like a beautiful tail light to me!
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 07:33 PM
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if you look at the top you can see like a white spot, i am talking about that heres a better picture

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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 09:19 PM
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that's not from a defective tail light. That's from your tail light rubbing up against your car as you drive. I have the same problem but it's because my car was in a wreck previously and the tail lights do not line up 100%. Some of the edges actually touches the body panel of the car.

A perfect car with no prior accidents will have very slight 1-3mm gaps around the edges of the tail light and the actual body of the car.

Are you the 1st owner of the car?

If you are not the original owner, do you know if the car has been in any type of accident?

Mine is worse than yours.

judging from the pictures, your new tail lights seem to be touching the body panel of your car just like mine. You should inspect your previous tail lights to see if they have the exact same cracks in the same location. Chances are they do.... My OEM tails had slight chippage / cracks. I bought new tail lights and got them modified. Installed them and not even a month later they started developing similar chips / cracks on the same tail light in the same location...

My car was in a accident on the passenger side front quarter panel but yet my tail lights and rear bumper managed to get out of alignment ever so slightly.

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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 09:35 PM
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oh no accidents that i am aware off the panels behind looks oem maybe i have it adjusted to high or something? ill loosen the bolts and try lowering a bit
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