Woke up this morning to find my driver side taillight smashed. Looks like some a-hole threw a rock through it. Anybody have any suggestions as to the most economical way to have this fixed?

 

is your tl a 4th gen?

 

http://www.acuraoemparts.com/delray/...&qty2=1&qty3=1

 

yes

 

Buy another one and install it yourself. Very easy install.

 

Damn! that sucks. the only option is to replace it. either buy it new from the link above or maybe you can get lucky and find one used on ebay.

 

Replacing the light assembly is the only way to go, other than gluing all the broken pieces back together.

 

Just replace with another OEM, very easy...

eBay has bunch of them below $200

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...t+oem&_sacat=0

 

yeah i saw those ebay ones. They also had a set of smoked tails for $300 i was looking at.

 

Sorry to hear.


The guys have some good suggestions for your replacement though.

 

I feel your pain, some asshat dented my front fender with his POS 90's Ford F150 at the HyVee parking lot over the weekend. Some people are just jerks - i'm parked in the middle of no where. jealous haters

 

FYI,

In the past, a smart thief would bust out the tail light of vehicles with aftermarket alarm systems and sort the bulb socket out with metal. Thus blowing the fuse on the alarm rendering it disabled. I think Acura may be smarter than those cheap alarm manufactures...

But be sure to check your fuses as well as the light(s) before reistalling all of that stuff.

 

E-Bay's your friend.

 

Your definition of devastation slightly differs from mine. Seems like an easy fix if its just a tail light.

 

the first scratch is the deepest.

 

I feel for you...

 

So i finally recived my new tail light. Any predictions as to how easy it is to install or how long it will take?

 

1 hour and 14 minutes

 

probably not that difficult...I'm sure there's a DIY on here somewhere.

 

.... ive taken off my tail light like 4-5 times already.. it takes like 5 mins..

peel liner back, find the 3 bolts, unbolt them..it should be somewhat kinda stuck... so you will have to lightly hit it from the back side to pop them out.. then disconnect everything.