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Old 07-30-2010, 10:31 PM
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Can anyone tell me or better show a picture of how the backup/reverse lights are mounted within the rear diffuser?
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Can anyone tell me or better show a picture of how the backup/reverse lights are mounted within the rear diffuser?
I'm looking for the same information. One of my lights looks like it's pushed in at the bottom, but I can't figure out how to get at it to see whats wrong.
Old 08-27-2010, 02:47 PM
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2 screws on top of light and tabs on the bottom. May have to unscrew the housing, stick the tabs in then reinsert screws. You can crawl under car or may can reach them through the tail lights.
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Stick your head up between the mufflers. Well kind of, you can get a glimpse into there though.
Tabs on bottom of lens slip into slots. Not a snug fit so it can wiggle a bit. Screws on top of lens.
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A friend of mines was loose too on his 08 Z06 and come to find out the tabs were broken off. This sounds crazy but I duct taped it when we had it up in the air putting headers on over a year ago and it's solid as a rock. That's a good fix if that's your issue and you like free.
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Originally Posted by Nithros
A friend of mines was loose too on his 08 Z06 and come to find out the tabs were broken off. This sounds crazy but I duct taped it when we had it up in the air putting headers on over a year ago and it's solid as a rock. That's a good fix if that's your issue and you like free.
Free isn't usually very popular in this forum....usually "most expensive option" is the most popular...
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Must be common problem. I found one of mine loose at the bottom. Swings as if hinged from the top.
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maybe this will help a little
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Originally Posted by gdaddee
Must be common problem. I found one of mine loose at the bottom. Swings as if hinged from the top.
yep, got the same problem. Bought the car new and it is has always been loose at the bottom. I just left it alone since it doesn't seem to cause a problem. You would never know it unless you push on it.
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Originally Posted by gdaddee
Must be common problem. I found one of mine loose at the bottom. Swings as if hinged from the top.
Same here.
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Same problem on mine on the driver side. The two little tabs are broken on the bottom.
Rolled up some good sticky duct tape and placed it on the area where it should sit at and seems to be holding pretty good still... No reason to push on it a lot and am careful when washing. So far so good..

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