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Tail light gasket material?

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#1 ·
i have a leak in my tail light and if it rains, then overnight a small puddle of water will appear in my trunk. I've recently replaced tail light gasket in a rsx and figured i can just buy the material and cut the shape of gasket. I was thinking neoprene would work well...what do you guys think?
 
#4 ·
i did that for my teg taillights. I used a roll of black rubber foam surface protector from homedepot and traced out the old gaskets in them, cut them out (doubled them up, 2 per tail) and they have worked out great....no more leaks....also 15 times cheaper than new gaskets.
 
#5 ·
If I'm not mistaken, typically if there is a sunroof leak you get water up front in both the passenger and driver areas.
In the trunk, its more than likely a leak from your taillights.

Easiest way is to close the hatch and have a friend run a garden hose over the back portion of your car. It'll at least let you know where the leak is coming from.

I have an RS so I don't have a sunroof so the only leak I've had has been in the tailight/hatch area. Integras are notorious for this. one of the joys of owning a hatchback.

Keep us posted for sure.
 
#6 ·
RiSK on Feb/28/10 said:
i did that for my teg taillights. I used a roll of black rubber foam surface protector from homedepot and traced out the old gaskets in them, cut them out (doubled them up, 2 per tail) and they have worked out great....no more leaks....also 15 times cheaper than new gaskets.

great...didnt think about home depot!
How thick are they?(not double stacked).
 
#7 ·
I used a roll of automotive weatherstripping from lowes to seal the taillights in my trunk that were leaking. It was about $7 for the roll and has a sticky side. Just removed the tail light, cleaned everything, stuck the stuff onto the body where the tail light mounts, and reinstalled the tail light. never a problem since. put the seam at the bottom of the tail light so water won't seep in!
 
#8 ·
20LS01 on Mar/01/10 said:
Quote: RiSK on Feb/28/10 i did that for my teg taillights. I used a roll of black rubber foam surface protector from homedepot and traced out the old gaskets in them, cut them out (doubled them up, 2 per tail) and they have worked out great....no more leaks....also 15 times cheaper than new gaskets.

great...didnt think about home depot!
How thick are they?(not double stacked).
they can't be that thick anyway, otherwise you have a hard time fitting the light back in.
another option would be using 2 oem gasket, glue them up with some silicons and flatten them out works too.
 
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RiSK on Mar/01/10 said:
i did that for my teg taillights. I used a roll of black rubber foam surface protector from homedepot and traced out the old gaskets in them, cut them out (doubled them up, 2 per tail) and they have worked out great....no more leaks....also 15 times cheaper than new gaskets.
you got a link to the stuff? Or where about was it at in the store, like what items was it around? Was it around the weatherstripping?