I ordered some new red\clears for my 97 4th gen and the 2 corner pieces fit perfectly with no problems but the 2 inner pieces don't aren't flush and its really bothering me. The left side isn't so bad as the right.

 

you've gotta get yourself a dremel and grind off about 1/4 inch of the circle the studs mount to. See this pic I took that shows the difference:




Bet they look like this, right?



You can see where the lip touches the trunk lid...


After dremel work:




ALSO: Get yourself some NON-capped nuts for those studs. The stud length is longer so the OEM capped nuts will NOT fit. They're the 8mm nut - M4 or 5 I believe. Take one to the hardware store and compare to be safe.





Nice and flush afterwards

 

Oooh okay yeah I was looking at that part of the tails and thought that obviously was the problem but I wanted to make sure before I returned them to the person I bought them from, thanks man I appreciate the help!

 

yeah don't waste your time with returning them...it's apparently pretty common.

Dremel it down and you're good to go my friend

 

^ post of the day

 

couldnt you just use an open ended nut?

 

You mean a non capped nut? Like I mentioned? Not sure what an open ended nut is


Edit...looked in google and what I called a non- capped nut is the same as what you call open ended, apparently.