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Taillight lens 200

posted by  HX720R on  Thu Jul 29 13:14 CST 2004
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Today I broke my bottom right corner taillight lens. The rest of my lenses is in really good condition, and I don't want to buy a new taillight assembly.
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    posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

    Reverse lenses are individually available from the usual Volvo parts places. The other lenses are not.

    However, junkyards may have inexpensive taillamp clusters that are missing the reverse lenses. If you can get the reverse lens off of your taillamp cluster to silicone glue onto the junkyard one, you'll have a complete one. Or buy a new reverse lens to fit to a cluster that is missing that.

    If the pieces of the broken lens are not too numerous, you can always try gluing them back together.



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      posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

      When it broke, only three pieces came out to make a hole on the side in the shape of a perfect circle. The whole is about an inch and a half in diameter. What should i use as glue? Silicone? Super Glue?
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        posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

        Try to glue with an epoxy adheasive.Super glue if you are not carefull will actually melt the plastic!Be carefull with that stuff. 2 part epoxy will dry clear.
        Nelson



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    posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

    Sorry, but I had to say it, having drilled a drainage hole in a particularly leaky rear lens.

    Junkyard is your best bet, but if the lens is in decent condition, just glue it. Both of mine have now-glued cracks (I have no idea how; I haven't backed into anything), but the lenses themselves are still mostly intact.
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    '89 244 GL -- 104,417 miles (see profile for info on car)



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    posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

    Well, the lens panels aren't individually replaceable (except for the back-up lights). So, I think that unless you can glue it back together or can use one of those lens repair kits (neither of which is likely to give an asthetically pleasing result) then you are stuck finding a replacement. Try a junkyard and you can probably get a replacement for under $50. They show up on ebay fairly often, as well.

    Mike
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