SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: Trunk (3rd) Brake Light Replacement
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2015 SL550
Trunk (3rd) Brake Light Replacement
Good morning. Lots of threads on this one and pretty straight forward but running into one issue. I've ordered now 2 smoked replacement units and both have come without any weather stripping nor can I locate replacement weather stripping anywhere. The second order, which took a month, indicated in the listing that it had a dense rubber deal attached but arrived with nothing of the sort. I messaged them and they said the unit (which is exactly like the first one I bought) doesn't need weather stripping.
Before I get into this (yes I know its only a half hour job) I'm wondering, for those that have changed this light, if there was or is there needed weather stripping?......my existing light seems to have a piece sticking out but I'm assuming that it's toast.
Thanks for the help!
Jamie
Before I get into this (yes I know its only a half hour job) I'm wondering, for those that have changed this light, if there was or is there needed weather stripping?......my existing light seems to have a piece sticking out but I'm assuming that it's toast.
Thanks for the help!
Jamie
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Half hour job? Ha. Buy a big box of band-aids, I wore a bunch of them for a week after replacing mine and it was sure a longer thing than a half hour. You might be lucky, though, may have better instructions than I had. Report back when done! Good luck. Mine came with a very thin little gasket, didn't look very robust but I guess if installed right would be watertight. I almost never take the SL out in the rain anyhow
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2015 SL550
Half hour job? Ha. Buy a big box of band-aids, I wore a bunch of them for a week after replacing mine and it was sure a longer thing than a half hour. You might be lucky, though, may have better instructions than I had. Report back when done! Good luck. Mine came with a very thin little gasket, didn't look very robust but I guess if installed right would be watertight. I almost never take the SL out in the rain anyhow
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I went clear. Came with gasket - perfect fit. I chose to use/leave in the original metal bracket part and just swapped the light itself - 10 minutes with a power ratchet, deep socket and extension. Those are long bolts.
Mercedes wrote it up on unrelated list (my red one had a small crack but still worked fine) for only like $800 lol.
I went clear. Came with gasket - perfect fit. I chose to use/leave in the original metal bracket part and just swapped the light itself - 10 minutes with a power ratchet, deep socket and extension. Those are long bolts.
Mercedes wrote it up on unrelated list (my red one had a small crack but still worked fine) for only like $800 lol.
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2015 SL550
https://www.madhornets.com/01-12-mer...e&gad_source=1
I went clear. Came with gasket - perfect fit. I chose to use/leave in the original metal bracket part and just swapped the light itself - 10 minutes with a power ratchet, deep socket and extension. Those are long bolts.
Mercedes wrote it up on unrelated list (my red one had a small crack but still worked fine) for only like $800 lol.
I went clear. Came with gasket - perfect fit. I chose to use/leave in the original metal bracket part and just swapped the light itself - 10 minutes with a power ratchet, deep socket and extension. Those are long bolts.
Mercedes wrote it up on unrelated list (my red one had a small crack but still worked fine) for only like $800 lol.
Thanks again! Should have checked here first.
