CR tail light (red) available for sale?

[moore_rb]

you're welcome.

There is a ring of 1/4 inch thick foam that goes around the inside edge of the light housing, that applies tension, and holds the lense's locking tabs in place (it's hard to explain without pictures )

Anyway, on my car's light, this foam piece had deteriorated, and that was why the lense and the trim ring came loose, until the ring finally fell off.

To replace the foam ring, I just made a ring out of a piece of 3/8 x 1/2 adhesive foam weatherstripping from the doors and windows section at Lowes.

[C5GTO]

Originally Posted by moore_rb

you're welcome.

There is a ring of 1/4 inch thick foam that goes around the inside edge of the light housing, that applies tension, and holds the lense's locking tabs in place (it's hard to explain without pictures )

Anyway, on my car's light, this foam piece had deteriorated, and that was why the lense and the trim ring came loose, until the ring finally fell off.

To replace the foam ring, I just made a ring out of a piece of 3/8 x 1/2 adhesive foam weatherstripping from the doors and windows section at Lowes.

Thanks moore_rb for all the info and tips!!

The new tail light ring arrived from the UK a couple days ago. It did turn out to be identical to the Taiwan made light ring CR provided with the kit.

I checked the foam ring on my light. It was no longer a circle but an oval where one side of it shrunk and thus the lens was not held tight in place. I think the shrinking was from heat. A month or so back, my brake light switch started sticking and I found the car in the garage with brake lights on an hour or two after the car was parked. Soon after I replaced the brake light switch the chrome ring fell off. I now think the two things were related.

I used adhesive backed foam to build up a foam ring surface and now the lens with new chrome ring fits tight again.