The SPYDER custom fiber optic tail lights are not built to last. There's lots of problems in design - one of which is in the obvious cheap materials and bad molds.
One of the problems is on the trunk tail lights.
Here are pictures of the OEM lights:
https://imgur.com/a/N6pj2A2
On the pictures, I circled the areas I want to talk about in blue.
Pics 1-2: On the OEM Light, it has a perfect fit between the black rubber and red plastic
Pics 3-4: he rubber extends down and is permanently connected to the plastic, there are no gaps. Also, the width of the OEM red plastic is twice as thick than the width on the custom light
CUSTOM LIGHTS:
https://imgur.com/a/occtOQ9
Problems:
1. The black rubber does not fully extend to the red plastic, leaving a massive gap. The black rubber is just dangling there.
2. Width of the red plastic is half that of the OEM one. The black rubber is not attached to the red.
Now, because of this, WATER can easily get in through the gap. I just took my car through the car wash and already spotted a dozen droplets of water inside the light.
Now, I really do want to keep the custom lights. But this water problem will definitely kill these lights soon. The black foam thing on the custom light is also useless, it's a much lower quality version than the OEM one.
I'm thinking about using Loctite Go2 Gel as a gap filler...
Anyway, if you buy these lights, make sure to keep the OEM ones and buy from CARID - they're the only ones that offer a 1 year warranty. I suspect these lights will die pretty soon because of the gap problem.
One of the problems is on the trunk tail lights.
Here are pictures of the OEM lights:
https://imgur.com/a/N6pj2A2
On the pictures, I circled the areas I want to talk about in blue.
Pics 1-2: On the OEM Light, it has a perfect fit between the black rubber and red plastic
Pics 3-4: he rubber extends down and is permanently connected to the plastic, there are no gaps. Also, the width of the OEM red plastic is twice as thick than the width on the custom light
CUSTOM LIGHTS:
https://imgur.com/a/occtOQ9
Problems:
1. The black rubber does not fully extend to the red plastic, leaving a massive gap. The black rubber is just dangling there.
2. Width of the red plastic is half that of the OEM one. The black rubber is not attached to the red.
Now, because of this, WATER can easily get in through the gap. I just took my car through the car wash and already spotted a dozen droplets of water inside the light.
Now, I really do want to keep the custom lights. But this water problem will definitely kill these lights soon. The black foam thing on the custom light is also useless, it's a much lower quality version than the OEM one.
I'm thinking about using Loctite Go2 Gel as a gap filler...
Anyway, if you buy these lights, make sure to keep the OEM ones and buy from CARID - they're the only ones that offer a 1 year warranty. I suspect these lights will die pretty soon because of the gap problem.