My Grandfather ran into my tail light to tonight...

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...id=36738651008

Good replacement? Or are these terrible quality? I really like the red and clear look.

 

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Gpa?

You've got a broken tail light, replace it.
You like the red clears, buy them.
The car is 14 years old, I'm sure those will be just fine.

 

Gpa is a common abbreviation for grandpa, similar to grandfather. Or the father of my mother. The inverse of grandson. If you need any other explanation I can go further.

Is it an easy install?

 

its super easy to install just the weather proof butyl can be annoying to get off your going to have to push after u take out all the bolts and push hard the butyl (black stuff) is sticky and it will make u think u didnt take off all the bolts

 

Would you recommend heating it up a little? And do I need to reapply more of the sealant onto the new tails?

 

I've got my OEM 97-99 tails if you want 'em...50 bucks and they're yours. And they're super easy to install, just need a big flathead screwdriver for prying, and a heat gun / blow dryer for heating the adhesive up.

IF you go aftermarket red/clears, you WILL have to do a bit of fab work to get the inners to sit flush, just an FYI. You'll need new nuts for the inners as well



if you don't, they'll look like:

 

Perhaps it would be best if you explained to me what a fragment is. I am curious why you think GPA in any way, shape, or form would lead one to say to themselves "oh, of course that is grandpa shortened down. What a clever fellow for saving himself 2 seconds of time".

 

He probably texts a lot and thought "gpa" was close enough... I'll allow it this time lol.

Any way, I would suggest getting a replacement from your friendly local salvage yard if they aren't outrageous on price. Then you can take both your taillights and pop 'em in the oven at 200º for 10 minutes or so and pull them apart. Remove the amber inserts and get amber bulbs to stay legal. Reverse the process and stick them back together and you will have moded stock tails that look like the ones you found on ebay. Cheaper, cleaner install IMO

 

OP already ordered red/clears

 

I don't understand why is it so hard to type like this. <----

 

Grade point average hit my tailights..

Oh, you meant Grandpa

 

^lol at that.

all the other comments, yall must have hemorrhoids, to get that bent outta shape that he said gpa. took me about 3 seconds to make the connection.

 

you should reapply i took the old butyl from my old tails and put it on my new used 00-01 se tails so it still had extra butyl on it. id buy amerikaners tails better fitment then the ebay ones

 

Any time you take a tail light assembly out, put fresh sealer on the lens. Relying on the old stuff to seal is risky.

 

Um, "Genius" it's not about what it meant as I'm sure everybody on here figures it out in just a few seconds. It's more about the use of the English language or lack there of. Sad really, but that was the point of the comments regarding Gpa.

 

I simply didnt like the tone of his comment

 

In regard to having to do fab work on all aftermarket tails, it is false. I bought the "JDM Altezza" tails from Andys Auto Sport and they went on no problem. No need to change anything with em, i just bolted em on.

 

Thank you to everyone who actually replied. & 4 thoce uv u whoo r moking mi 4 sayin Gpa... Im sry

 

I call BS.
Andy's Auto Sport doesn't sell anything.
They just have pretty pictures and will refund your money after a month.
Every org'er needs to avoid that place.

 

I mean i bought my megan strut off there too i believe. The shipping took a while, and was wayyyy more than what i shouldve paid (given the strut looks gross) but both got here and worked fine. I probably wont be buying anything else from there but its a good site for ideas...ive also heard horror stories about CustomMaxima.com, is there any truth to them?

 

^avoid custommaxima.com like the plague

everything they sell is ebay stuff that has a 100+% markup

 

I think he meant like "G" pa...but whatever IBTL....

 

this a messageboard on the internet, where short hand and slang is used more than proper english language. and its been the way for years. if youre too old to understand that and not give a danm, then you must have some laide kinda prblems or something.

 

Fixed.

 

yeah that comment was full of errors. i was heavily medicated at the time