Water in Tail Light's & boot!!

[Karl]

From the two dc2 Ive owned both have had a problem with the tail lights fulling with water. But now it also starting 2 get in my boot and collecting around the spare tire like a pool. Any one no why the tail lights have a problem i have removed them before and they are crack free and seal seams fine.. Now the boot.. Arrrrr Idea's please need help!!

[DC2RKID]

From the two dc2 Ive owned both have had a problem with the tail lights fulling with water. But now it also starting 2 get in my boot and collecting around the spare tire like a pool. Any one no why the tail lights have a problem i have removed them before and they are crack free and seal seams fine.. Now the boot.. Arrrrr Idea's please need help!!

i have same problem! im gunna pull tailight out and seal them up a bit better and see how that goes

[Karl]

i have same problem! im gunna pull tailight out and seal them up a bit better and see how that goes

How you plan to seal them up a little more!! need ideas

[DC2RKID]

How you plan to seal them up a little more!! need ideas

silicone mans best friend! pull them out and seal where the joins are and seal where light attaches to body of the car.... some say drill a lil tini hole at bottom of light to let water run out

[Karl]

Yer. well in my lst dc2 i had i used silcone. didnt work. checked it out today. found that the gasket gets old and brittle. And its coming through the gasket into the light and into the boot.. drilled holes in bottem of light in ever section i think 7 in total... Left plastic off to see how it will go.

[KC.]

yep, it's most probably the gaskets.

there's threads on itr-dc2.com which give some good info on finding the problem and fixin it.

i'm looking at replacing the gaskets on mine also, anybody got an idea on where to find the cheapest ones?

[Karl]

ebay like 60 buck's a pair but the thing is in 5 years its gonna go again... Im removing the gasket 2morrow and silicoing the light straight 2 the car... That will 100% fix the problem.

[Karl]

Siliconed all gap's in lights and straight to car... No gasket. Will let you no tommorow after its dry and a long hosing!!

[Karl]

All fixed.It did the trick.. hosed in with lots of presure for 10 minutes from all angles... Not a drop...

[DC2RKID]

All fixed.It did the trick.. hosed in with lots of presure for 10 minutes from all angles... Not a drop...

very nice!!! im goin to have to do it now!

[Karl]

Trick is put sillicone on the light around the lip were gasket was sitting and on the car were it sit's. As it doesn't sit flush so alot of silicone needed... And don't worry u can't see it with light on..

[paulcurr]

Bought myself a pair of new tail light gaskets and fit them in over the weekend.

<a href="http://jdmconcept.com.au/index.php?option=com_jdm&p=detail&cid=240" target=new window>JDM Concept</a>

Pretty quick process. Even drilled in 4 small holes at the back of the tail lights, for good measure. But sadly the water has already done it's damage on the inside. Taillights looking shabby with what looks like mildew?

Any way of cleaning the inside out?

[Karl]

Yer clean them out with a presure hose.. That did the trick for me.