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The SPYDER custom tail lights are not built to last. Lots of problems in design -

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#1 · (Edited)
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.
 
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#6 ·
I suspect the headlamp bulbs can affect the life of the housings. Different (higher power) bulbs can generate more heat which will accelerate wear on the plastic (polycarbonate, I think). Also, the light spectrum going thru the plastic can affect it, too. For example, if a replacement bulb emits more UV radiation than a stock bulb, I'm thinking that may accelerate the hazing as well.

In short, I wonder if yours are holding up well because you haven't put bulbs in which might adversely affect the plastic.

Oh, how I long for the good old days when the entire headlamp - housing and bulb - cost 5 bucks and never hazed :)

Doug

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#5 ·
Sadly it doesn't surprise me.
 
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