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Old 10-06-2005, 11:19 AM
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Bugs in the tail lights

Like many others, I had bugs in my tails lights. The key word being had. I removed the trunk liner and poped out the brake light bulb. Then I took a shop vac and stuck it over the bulb hole, which happened to fit over the hole like it was made for it, and turned the vacum on and in 1 second all two bugs were sucked out. I did it on the other side with the same results after a few taps to break the bug loose. So there you have it, an easy way to get those darn bugs out
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Why are there bugs in there??? How did they get in.. sounds annoying..
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reminds me of the old joke

how many bugs does it take to screw in a light bulb..........

2, but the real question is how did they get in there

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Old 10-06-2005, 02:13 PM
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i have a small fruit fly in my right tail light. He is now a part of my car and will stay..haha
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When I took out the tail light a while back I noticed that it is not sealed. There is a huge 1/2 hole behind the side markers LEDs. They must have got it that why.
Old 10-06-2005, 06:35 PM
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thanks man
I have like 3 in mine
Old 01-03-2006, 06:58 PM
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Bump. I got a tiny spider in my right tail light, and a grasshopper-like bug in my left.
Old 01-04-2006, 01:28 AM
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LOL! they just love them RX-8 tail lights.
Old 01-06-2006, 07:45 PM
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That's nothing..... I discovered a dead spider inside the tail light, and you know what spider does.... Spider webs!! I guess the spider wanted to make a good home there but that dumb bug couldn't find a way out and died there. It took me a few hours to clean up its mess.
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Went to the dealer to drop off my 8 for some recalls an the Service MG said Mazda dont cover them under warrenty, how true is this? I thought they did if you get that fog an film in them.
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1 Ant left tail lamp.
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Mazda ordered me a new headlight because of that damn film. 550ish bucks for one light.
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mazda gave me new tailights cuz water got in them and wouldnt evaporate away :/
i had a cricket in my map lights, and they took them out for me
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1 (removed) dead, spider.
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I got water in my passenger tail light. I was thinking about adding a siamese fighting fish.
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go for it. and take pictures.
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