Bugs in 5.5 gen tailight

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11-03-2008, 04:00 PM

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Bugs in 5.5 gen tailight

How many have noticed that you have some sort of dead bug in your tailights....I know im not the only one and my friends that have this, about five of my friends has the same so I wanted to know if others did too..

11-03-2008, 08:46 PM

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Uh...I don't have this problem at all.

11-03-2008, 09:13 PM

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I've got a few. They'll be in there when I get rid of the car too.

11-03-2008, 09:27 PM

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never had that problem...

11-03-2008, 09:38 PM

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I never had one in my headlight, but i found one of them when I took off my mudflaps! It was bone dried and in perfect condition, should've kept it as a souvenir haha.

11-03-2008, 11:14 PM

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I have dead flies in both my tails...I figured this was a unique situation...I guess not

11-03-2008, 11:35 PM

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I bought an Eclipse for a beater car a while back, took off the hubcap to work on the brakes and a mouse fell out.

11-04-2008, 12:26 AM

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I bought an Eclipse for a beater car a while back, took off the hubcap to work on the brakes and a mouse fell out.

dang!

11-04-2008, 03:45 AM

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I've got a couple mosquitos in one of mine, how the hell did they get in there. They've been in there for a while cuz they are both bleached white from the sun.

11-04-2008, 03:34 PM

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there is a small air hole they can crawl into. My buddy's max has a little spider web in his. pretty sure the spider died. Location Location location lol.

11-04-2008, 04:26 PM

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not long after getting my maxima back in 2005 i found a spider in one of them...i changed it out for the 00-01 black tail lights not long after haha

11-04-2008, 04:49 PM

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had one but swapped tails with G&S Maxima. (now its his problem) lol

11-04-2008, 04:51 PM

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11-04-2008, 05:00 PM

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Quote:

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there is a small air hole they can crawl into. My buddy's max has a little spider web in his. pretty sure the spider died. Location Location location lol.

Where's the hole?

11-04-2008, 05:56 PM

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WOW!

11-04-2008, 05:58 PM

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I had one too..a mosquito, looked like Jurassic Park.

11-04-2008, 06:31 PM

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I have a little fly in my rightside tail. I say hi to the little thing everytime I wax the car.

11-04-2008, 06:37 PM

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lol ....i i knew that i wasnt the only one that had this bug situation....lol

11-04-2008, 07:19 PM

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i'll have to go check, not sure

11-04-2008, 07:29 PM

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I took a hammer to mine, solved all my bug problems..........

11-04-2008, 07:41 PM

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I had a one on mines ,but I sold the tail lights . How weird I though i was the only one with that problem as well

11-04-2008, 10:34 PM

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YES I HAVE A BUDDY THAT RIDES WITH ME! LOL. I dont know how BUGS get in the tail lights! Its crazy!!

11-04-2008, 10:39 PM

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youll never ride alone.....

11-05-2008, 10:03 AM

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haha i have an 02 and i have this little baby grasshopper or something thats been in my left tail since i bought the car and just recently it got a new friend.......god damn it i hate fuking bugs.

11-05-2008, 04:27 PM

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I dont have any little bugs in my headlights

11-05-2008, 05:07 PM

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The bugs in my tails painted over.Cant see them anymore.

11-05-2008, 05:26 PM

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Yes...I have a few bugs in my tail lights as well...don't plan on doing anything about it.

11-05-2008, 05:37 PM

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None in mine.

11-05-2008, 11:36 PM

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Never had this problem. I'm bug free.

11-06-2008, 05:03 PM

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I just noticed the other day a dead mosquito as well in one of my taillights, I banged

on the taillight a little with my hand because it made me mad to see that bugger in there...stupid bugs...they find anyplace to get in I guess

11-08-2008, 09:45 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SEmy2K2go

I've got a few. They'll be in there when I get rid of the car too.

haha Yup.

The single best response yet!!!

11-09-2008, 08:49 AM

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used a shop vac and took out bulb sockets and sucked around for a few minutes tried diffrent holes and got them out you could give this a try.

11-10-2008, 02:06 AM

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same here, i still have a mosquito in my tail light and whenever i wash my car i see it and think of that scene from jurassic park. the thing is perfectly intombed in it and its been there 3 yrs.