I know this has been discussed before and I have searched, but can't find any photos of this as past discussions are all too old.
Real quick background:
- I get condensation in my left tail light and centre garnish piece, and water in my trunk
- I have replaced all tail light gaskets
- after experimentation I can see that water is getting into the tail light if I blast the area with a hose, the tail light fills up to about a third until it overflows into the trunk. The water in the trunk warms up from the exhaust and makes a very humid environment, the warm humid air goes through the tiny ventilation hole into the centre garnish, and then condenses later as it cools
So, the solution is to seal the tail light and let the centre garnish dry out, which takes weeks because that hole is so tiny.
I see plenty of people have talked about sealing their tail light with a clear sealant but no amount of searching I've been able to do shows where to seal.
People say that the black part and clear red part warp and separate, I can see that happening here:
However that's just a removable trim piece:
Is the bit people seal between the black and the red clear plastic on top here? Mine doesn't appear to have bowed or opened up so I can't work out where the water is actually getting in.
Real quick background:
- I get condensation in my left tail light and centre garnish piece, and water in my trunk
- I have replaced all tail light gaskets
- after experimentation I can see that water is getting into the tail light if I blast the area with a hose, the tail light fills up to about a third until it overflows into the trunk. The water in the trunk warms up from the exhaust and makes a very humid environment, the warm humid air goes through the tiny ventilation hole into the centre garnish, and then condenses later as it cools
So, the solution is to seal the tail light and let the centre garnish dry out, which takes weeks because that hole is so tiny.
I see plenty of people have talked about sealing their tail light with a clear sealant but no amount of searching I've been able to do shows where to seal.
People say that the black part and clear red part warp and separate, I can see that happening here:
However that's just a removable trim piece:
Is the bit people seal between the black and the red clear plastic on top here? Mine doesn't appear to have bowed or opened up so I can't work out where the water is actually getting in.
