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O.E.M LED Tail Light Teardown

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I got bored and attempted to repair my tail light. I was successful at getting it apart but putting it back together was a completely different story. I found no conceivable way re-instal the lens cover.

The board with the led's. It has a combination of soldered led's for the brake/tail and spot welded led's for the turn signals




Wanted this to be a DIY originally but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT ATTEMPTING THIS. My light is wasted now due to the lens springing and a failed a temp of re-glueing.
 
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The interior trunk lights were shorted to ground. After I got the light out I noticed I had a small crack in the lens and the light had water in it. I had already ordered one any way but I thought I'd tear it apart and see what happens.
 
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