Cancer ate my nut

I have honestly tried searching in hopes of avoiding a new thread of something that has been talked about many times before. I have had no luck in finding a way, if possible, to change the running lights on the outer edges of the tail lights. I'm assuming they are LEDs. Am I out of luck on fixing this and needing to buy a whole new tail light? My OCD will not allow me to leave it alone. My driver side is out, passenger side works. Any help is much appreciated.

RXeligion

I presume you have a Series II? Pictures help generate responses, because members can more easily see what you're asking about. The way I read it, the LED's on your tail light aren't firing; is this correct?

If it's ONE or TWO LED's it will be a pain to fix them, because it means replacing individual lights. If ALL of the LED's in a circuit are failing to fire, you probably have one bad contact or a portion of a relay that has failed... Which is an easier fix, even if it costs a little more.

Again, a pic or two would help tremendously.

EricB

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S1 tails have 1 or 2 leds in the "strake" of the tail light.

you can cut open the tail with a dremel and them replace it that way, and then silicon it up.

look up the DIY tut for putting led rings in the tails

EDIT: i believe that little led has its own connector, so worst case scenario is to just unplug the connector on both sides so they are not illuminated at all.

RXeligion

^ I've owned two S1's and never noticed that Now I can't wait to get home and look to see if all of mine work. Like I said... Pictures!

EricB

iTrader: (7)

this is the super expensive modified tail light by clearcorners, but they are in the same position as OEM.

Carbon8

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The fact that Clearcorners taillights are more expensive then their headlights is beyond me

Mazdaspeed RX8 ver2

One day, im going to impulse buy those tail lights and headlights from them... i feel it coming..

monchie

Pretty expensive but its worth it for looks...

Carbon8

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Hmmm, not a lot of information on there site.

Suppose the big questions are

HID or Halogen
Retain auto level feature

Doubtful with the price tag attached anyone has seen a pair in person to know.

Cancer ate my nut

Sorry for not clarifying, but I do own a series 1. It is the drivers side tail light, the LEDs on the outer strakes. I can provide pictures later this evening, one I'm off of work. Thanks for the replies. I'll check again to be sure that they are out and that they are plugged in securely.

Carbon8

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Either replace for about 200 bucks. Or there is a DIY thread for baking and disassembling the tai lights as you would need to in order to start working on the LED circuit in which case you will also need to be familiar with electrical work and have your soldering skills up to par.

Just bite the bullet and drop the cash.

Tamas

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Either replace the light or disconnect the plug for the LEDs on the still working side to make it look the same.

Cancer ate my nut

Well I came home on my lunch hour and was just taking a look at the lights and found out that the LEDs were actually unplugged. I guess I could have saved time by checking it out. All the info is much appreciated.

Cancer ate my nut

$2200 for tail lights is way too much for my wallet. Clear corners.com is way too expensive

Carbon8

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Seems common sense is a rare commodity lately

obliterx8

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Those clear corners lights are sick. Maybe I'll trade in my 8 for the down payment on some...

monchie

^ The tail lights is worth more than your rx8...lol

-_- just.gimme.my.ticket

am i the only one here to see the oppurtunity to open the tail lights and actually install red led stripsall the way across both strakes?

i mean if your guna open and repair them whats an extra 20 bux for a better looking TL?

the labors the only reason i havent done this yet

EricB

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the labor is the easy part....

getting them open will require finesse or 2-4 sets of tail lights.

then once they are apart and you install whatever inside you have to seal them back up with silicone which depending on how clean your cut line is, will probably look messy.

the only easy way to modify the tail lights isnt cheap because you need to replicate the housing and the lens and attach them together.

-_- just.gimme.my.ticket

what i meant by labor ^