I have had my Clear Sidemarkers from Custom Maxima for about 2 years now, last weekend my front passanger marker fell out... Well I look at it and the damn metal clip that holds it in place rusted through and snapped!

So I pulled my Drivers and it is also rusted to hell and ready to snap. I took off all four and put my OEM ones back on. When I ordered these things I was told they were OEM quality.. Bull *hit, my OEM sidemarkers that were on the car for 4-5 years do not have a spot of rust on the clips.

I called CM and I got the typical from them about it.

Just wanted to give you guys a heads-up about your sidemarkers before they fall out on you.

Pic of the Clips:

 

wow. my clear fronts brackets are also rusted, but they haven't fallen out just yet.

anybody have a quick-fix solution?

 

Yeah, go back to OEM sidemarkers...

They don't look the best, but they look better than a hanging, rusted sidemarker.

 

Wow, that's a lot of rust!

 

yea same happened to my passenger one. Of course it fell out on my way to california and i didn't notice til we got there........arrrgg....but then.....

 

Was it still hangin there, or was it gone?

Mine fell out right in front of my brothers house, right in front of my brother...

I was worried that if it fell out on the highway or driving around town it could f**k up my bumper.

 

wow thats wierd i had mine for 2 years as well but mine are still like new not rust spots anywhere..... hehe i bet everyone is gonna run outside and check their lights now because of this thread

 

Mine fell out about a month ago. Same problem. Replaced with another set of clears, though, since I sold my stockers.

 

Did you guys call CM?

When I called him, he told me that I was the only person to ever have this problem...

 

Nope. Got it from Redline. Corey hooked me so I wasn't going to bug him about it.

Besides, they're all made by the same factory anyway.

 

I painted my clips with primer before I installed them.

 

damn you beat me to it. either that or paint it with some rust inhibitor primer. simple fix for 5 dollars. and if you want to be really meticulous about it re-do it every year and clean the inside out from any road salt (typical of your climate zone) or debris.

 

nope still hanging there flapping in the wind for like 100+ miles doing about 85+ before someone told me. fukked up the bumper pretty bad but then i hit a truck so it didn't really matter

 

See, that is what makes me mad... A $70 set of sidemarkers can cause $400 in damage to your car out of the blue.

 

Definately where you live has to play a little bit in that rust. Of course other than crappy quality. I've never had rust spots while living in GA, but last year when I lived in TN they salted the roads in winter and that's when I noticed slight rusting.

But now that some have suggested using a primer...I think I'm going to go out there and do the same.

 

yea mine leake and i only put them on last month...everytime i was or it rains their condensation in there...also they dont seem to fit as tight as the oem markers they have a movement...definately cheap ****

 

ive also heard of using WD-40 to prevent te rust. Anyone wanna back me up on this?

 

ur right about that....and ive only had mine for a few months, lol

 

they arent all made by the same factory......the first pair i bought for the fron had a different part number on the back not to mention they were silver on the back............and the second set i purchased which were both front and back, were all white on the back WITH a different part number from the first ones i bought

 

WOW that sounds painful