One little slip of hand... and well I got screwed out of my new tailight assembly.

Anyway at all to fix it?

 

bondo! lol



heh sorry. i don't think there's much chance of saving that..

 

You can always try some sort of clear epoxy...If it looks nasty, you can leave on the epoxy and cover em up with blackouts, if thats your thing.

 

http://www.eastwoodco.com/aspfiles/i...ep_Key1=plagla

 

Thanks a lot Deadbird.

Has anyone used this stuff... is my "missing section" too large?

 

ouch how'd you manage that?

 

I could lie and say I dropped it.


And now I feel like an idiot.

I fitted them on for the first time since i bought them, just to see what they would look like.

Looked awesome. But everything went down hill from there, the girl I am with said we needed a brake, I burnt myself on a butane torch and then I got my hand stuck between the chair and the bracket when I was wiggling the seat out.

So I was really in a pissy mood and I tripped on a plastic brush that a roofer left in our driverway and I got really upset and chucked it.

That was the end result.

It is funny though, because I let a girl get the best of me... And the plastic brush was a lighter plastic then the taillights... the brush actually shattered into about 60 pieces.


Oh well... any more advice on my stupidity?

 

That $hit will buff out.

lol

Don't worry, we've all done things like that.

 

OUCH... you gotta watch them women, cant let them get the best of you. No clue on how to fix it though, sounds like the brush got the worst of it. From now on id just take the anger out on a door, its good for bragging rights plus it wouldnt cost as much to fix. Thats my opinion

 

I once slipped off a bolt with an open-end wrench and donated some skin to the car, got so pissed, almost through the wrench at the car and decided not to at the last second, instead throwing it at the shopvac across the garage. I nailed the shopvac, it fell over onto my car! denting the fender.

 

haha... I kicked the shopvac when I was taking off the bumper...

It fell off and landed on my gut.

I was angry and ran up to kick the shopvac, I completely forgot it was full.

So I spent the next hour mopping up... goo....


About the lights.

I went to a pull apart, it seems like the passenger side is the one that breaks, I found 6 assemblies, of those 3 had broken right sides, 2 were missing the right side, and 1 was just gross.

I wish I would of broken the driver's side.

Anybody got one for sale for about 15-20 bucks?

 

I think I might have one. I have a set like that and one side is cracked. I don't remember if its the passenger side or the driver side. I'll check it out when I get home.

 

Anyone use this before... ?

I dont wanna buy it and have it not work.

 

We've all been there guys. I busted up my new gauge cluster yesterday trying to take it apart. Live and learn huh?

Ty

Quote: "Girls are F*cking Evil"

 

cover it up with some blackouts

 

I've got a passenger side tail light assembly from an 86 Trans Am. It looks the same. Let me know if you're interested. I tried to email you but it bounced back to me.

 

thats why ya'll live the single life style!! i find it works out reeeeeeeeeally well.......
sorry to hear about that...if you cover it up with a blackout at nite you would have that spot brighter then the rest wouldnt you?

 

Unless I used that patch stuff.

It would prbably look really ugly, but once the black outs go on it all would look fine.

But I think I will just end up buying the extra one that Steve has.

 

thats what you need to do

 

I emailed you a picture of the tail light assembly that I have. If you don't get the email let me know. So far it hasn't bounced back so I'm assuming you got it. Let me know if you want it or if you didn't get the email.

 

I didnt get it... Maybe attach the image inside of a PM for me.


People said that to get 85-90 tailights to fit on a 1983 trans am, I would need a new wiring harness... well before I broke it, i got it to fit fine.

Is there different types? Is there a possibility Steve's passenger side light wont fit correctly?

 

Here's a pic. I got a message that said that your email bounced back again. I'm not sure why that's happening. I edited the picture and made it small enough to attach here.

As for it fitting properly. If you're putting 85-90 Trans Am lights on an 82-84 Trans Am or Firebird the wiring harness is exactly the same. The only problem would be if you wanted to put 85-90 Firebird lights on it. The ones with the amber turn signals are the ones that are a problem. The reason I took these off my car was to put a set of 82-84 Trans Am lights on mine. They fit perfectly and I didn't have to change anything. My car was an 86 Trans Am.

 

 

i kicked my taillight once. eh **** happens

 

If u can fix it, it will be time consuming..
and results wont be perfect.

Combine both time-effort-and result,
and u could probably get a used one
at the salvage yard.