Tail light lens seal, where does it go? |
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Tail light lens seal, where does it go? |
vitamin914 |
Apr 22 2022, 08:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 202 Joined: 8-September 21 From: Toronto Canada Member No.: 25,893 Region Association: Canada |
I need some guidance with installing the rubber cord seal from 914Rubber on the tail lights.
The lenses and reflector housings are replacements from AA. The OEMs are too far gone with no reflector chrome and corrosion in the sockets. It seems the contour of the lens isn't a perfect match to reflector housing (even on the old OEM housing). There is a gap mid way at the top (see first photo). The gap sort of disappears if there is no rubber cord when the lens and housing nest together. Adding the rubber cord makes it worse as the lens does not seat as deeply. This also raises the question... Where does the rubber cord go? Does it go in the housing or does it go in the lens? (last two photos) I really want to stay away from using RTV silicone if I ever need to change a bulb. |
914sgofast2 |
Apr 28 2022, 11:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 623 Joined: 10-May 13 From: El Dorado Hills, CA Member No.: 15,855 Region Association: None |
After reading this thread, I decided to have another go at making my taillight lenses seal without a gap. I tried gently stretching the new seals from 914Rubber. That made the rubber cord seal smaller in diameter and it fit better into the slot in the lens.
The lenses I have are the Hella 3-color style (amber, red & clear). Stretching the rubber cord seal did the trick and the lenses now fit without the pronounced gap between the lens and taillight housing. No more need to cover the gap with a small piece of black electrical tape, as I had done before. Before the idea dawned on me to stretch the rubber cord seal, I looked online at Grainger Supply and ordered some soft silicon cord, but that won’t arrive for a month. The soft silicon cord has a durometer measure of 40, while the rubber cord and regular silicon cord has a durometer measure of 70. When I receive the soft silicon cord, I will report back on how it works. By the way, my Hella lenses have both been broken at the seams where the different colors of plastic meet and been repaired with gap filling crazy glue in the past, so they are not exactly factory “straight.” |
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