C6 Tail light drying?
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C6 Tail light drying?
Short of buying the Super Blaster + $300 how do you dry the tail lights? No matter how often I try to get into the recess in the bumper the tail lights still have water between them and their socket holes in the bumper. Even tried Bounty "the quicker picker upper".LOL
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I dry mine with a microfiber towel. When I am done, I go to the tail lights and just jam the microfiber in the bottom crease and it soaks up every drop. I just hold the towel there for about 5 seconds per light and it grabs every drop.
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It won't be a problem if you get the taillight seals. They prevent the water from gathering in behind the lights. Multiple vedors sell these but I got mine from southercarparts. They are a vendor here. I think they only cost about $20.
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Air compressor. Use it on tail lights, seams, around side lights, rear diffuser, tires and wheels, grill area, etc....... even to keep tires properly inflated. Also keeps the wheel barrow tire inflated so my wife can use it for yard work.
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I follow the same exact procedure when drying the tailights on my 08 coupe.
I also use a Bounty paper towel to soak up excess water in the side marker lights.
Works like a charm!
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I bought seals from a vendor here. They are basically door foam weather stripping (I paid the corvette tax price compared to going to Home Depot and buying a whole role for $4) you take the tail light out and put this foam in to keep water from pooling behind the light. If GM would have put the opening at the bottom of the bumper instead of two spots higher up this problem wouldn't occur. But maybe the engineers looked at this and thought water pooling for hours is better than water running inside the bumper and out the back?
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