Tail light PSA.

[LittleLebowski]

That’s nutter.

How did the water intrusion happen in the first place?

It’s a thing that happens sometimes. Had it happen on my 2018 F150 XLT, caulked it up. A SEAL buddy had the same thing happen on his F150.

 

[REMIX]

Just noticed my passenger side has the same issue...no cracks that I can find, however I'm ordering a replacement housing from Amazon right now ($173) and not taking any chances. I'll hit the connectors with dielectric grease, should be a 20 minute job.

 

[REMIX]

Got the replacement in this morning via overnight delivery. It looks the same but the the LEDs in the OEM light are a little less pronounced (i.e., i can faintly see the individual LEDs in the replacement unit). No matter, I didn't see where the OEM one was leaking, and the BLIS module was 100% dry. I added some dielectric grease around the connectors but the replacement itself was pretty uneventful, everything seems to work including the BLIS. I'll report back if I have any issues. $183 w tax. Link below.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3VGWHRM/?tag=fordraptorforum-20

 

[EricM]

The owner could have probably gotten some from the junkyard

Good luck with that.

The trucks with those lights are not in the junkyard, and won't be for at least another 15+ years.

The few that are wrecked so bad that would put them there now, nothing is usable. Only a roll over puts a $80K truck in the junkyard- and at that point it's all destroyed. The plastic bits on the corners are not intact and sellable.

 

[thatJeepguy]

Good luck with that.

The trucks with those lights are not in the junkyard, and won't be for at least another 15+ years.

The few that are wrecked so bad that would put them there now, nothing is usable. Only a roll over puts a $80K truck in the junkyard- and at that point it's all destroyed. The plastic bits on the corners are not intact and sellable.

I just saw one on market place last week Eric. When I see more I will screen cap it.

 

[thatJeepguy]

Never mind, found it. Pleanty around for average price of 950 or so…

 

[DEXRAPTURD]

These taillights are expensive. Sheesh.

 

[thatJeepguy]

These taillights are expensive. Sheesh

Not as expensive as the YouTuber trying to rip people off. But hey I get it maybe he just doesn’t want to install used parts.

 

[EricM]

$950 a light isn't exactly "junkyard prices". Are you really going to drop $950 on a used light? It might leak moisture, might be ready for it's $$$ module to fail, etc....

U-Pull-N-Pay in Cincinnati sells tailights for $28 each. 3% of the price you listed. You'd be lucky to find a 09-14 in the yard nowadays though, let alone any 2015+ trucks. That's my point.

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Of course there are some used parts out there- but the whole "go get it at the junkyard cheap" thing is not possible for the newish high dollar trucks.