I got red/clears off ebay from matrix racing a few weeks ago, got them about a week ago and installed them. The inner pieces started to get condensation so I went to take them out and 3 of the 8 screws came right out of the body of the light. So pretty much I would only have 2 screws holding in my lights. Seems like a really bad thing since all a thief would have to do was pry it away, and it would snap the screws right out w/no problem. I e-mailed Matrix Racing so we will see.

Anyone else have this problem?

 

You could always seal em back up with silicone and jb weld or epoxy the screws back into place so it would hold together. But yeah good luck with sorting it all out with matrix.

 

:werd: open em up and reseal em

 

that's the bad thing about getting these parts off of ebay ... they're complete crap.

you should drizzle silicone into the seams of the light to reseal them. then shoot epoxy into the screw holes and reattach. just make sure your seal is good first.

 

what kind of silicone?

 

that's the bad thing about all of those clear lights, taillights, and such no matter where you get them, but seal them with silicone.

 

i forgot the brand, but there's only one kind available at Walmart. it comes in this upright, toothpaste, looking tube and can be found near the duct tape. oh yea ... it comes in clear or black. i'd get the clear because it's easier to see spots you missed.

 

Well, they called me this morning, and said I could send the inner ones back, and they would send me new ones, but I just put the bolts back in w/some plastic glue cement stuff, and siliconed all around one of the lights. The other one still has water in it.

 

i would send them back, but the silicone you need is grey rtv silicone, it's what they use in the headlights stock....

 

I don't know WHO you guys get your stuff from ebay, but everything I have gotten, I have never had a problem. But I HAD had one problem when I got my 1st gen altezza taillights from a shop. One of the screws stripped out just like you said as well, but that was my fault. I over tightened them thinking that it could be just a tad bit tighter. You probably ended up doing the same thing I bet. Then after I got the carbon fiber taillights and then got my red/clears and have had NO problems with anything. Even my friend got some altezza's from a shop and installed there and there was leakage in his taillights. Then he got new ones and after I installed them, there was no problem. Even though they may be aftermarket and cheaper quality, don't treat them like they are indestructable. You don't really need to over tighten screws to make them stay. If you do, then just push the taillight in further from the outside until it can't push any further and THEN screw, but now really hard. Condensation....can't really help you out there. Just reseal them or something I guess, but I've never had a problem with condensation and I get almost everything from ebay or online sites.