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      08-11-2014, 11:15 PM   #21
StickMon
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Drives: 2006 MR
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NUTS!

I just replaced my third brake light 2 weeks ago and already it's developed a crack across the top edge over an inch long.
I installed it per the tech bulletin with the new 40N springs and washers (but I didn't have any dum-dum, so I used gum-gum).

So I stopped by Lowes tonight and got some M5 Nylock nuts.
Used additional washers on the nut side of the spring, because the nuts are small, and only tightened them 1/2 way up the threaded portion of the studs.
Then I super-glued the crack best I could.

We'll see what happens:
a) It will continue to crack, because the stress is due to the lens and the housing it's glued to expanding/contracting at different rates, and not pressure from the car body
b) It'll leak water, since it's just short of flopping loose
c) Both A and B
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