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tail light lenses broken on inside corner 200 1982

For the second time in twenty years of ownership of my GLT, the taillight lens has been broken on the inside corner by a car wash jockey wielding his brush too brutally. I hardly ever take the car to a wash any more but I yielded during the winter months so I could get some washing happening underneath the car as well as on top. Today I was dismayed to find the right hand lens broken on the inside and, knowing the cost of a replacement lens is about three hundred dollars, spent the rest of the day in a funk.

There must be others who are experiencing this unhappy experience. Has anyone found a way to repair the lens without replacing the whole unit? I did get a kit from ipd a few years ago but that has all gone yellow and never did do much of a job of repair.

I still have the original taillights around and was looking at them to see if I could make one good one out of two faulty ones. Unfortunately they are always kicked by the wash brush in the same place.

I will never take this car to a wash again.








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    ANSWER tail light lenses broken on inside corner 200 1982

    If you can find the lens repair is possible.I was able to repair some taillights using NOS replacement lenses from someone on this board.I also have a nice set of 1980 taillights.Here is a pic of one I repaired.You can email me for more info on where to get lenses. n e l 6 2 1 at o p t o n l i n e . n e t

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    tail light lenses broken on inside corner 200 1982

    I replaced my 1990 245 tail light assemblies with aftermarket, the brake/running light socket melted in about 6 months or so. I am not the only one that this has happened to.

    The seller sent me another set under warranty. Installed those and used L.E.D 1147's. It has been about two years and all is well using this setup.

    Good Luck

    Fred








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      aftermarket lenses 200 1982

      Could you tell me where you bought your aftermarket tail lights? Maybe I could do some swapping around with my cracked and broken ones.

      Bob in Parksville







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