And why not drill a whole, you dont have to bother making a new gasket (or 100 dollars from the dealership) or trying to deal with warranty issues, you cant see the wholes and it fixes the problem in 30 seconds. Sounds like to me its not that dumb of an answer.


And if for some reason you still have water spots then you can take your tailight out and back them off, and yes this works ive done it and everything turned out fine.

Oh and did I mention it is completely free

 

It's a free warranty replacement, and as already cited even if out of the 48 month B-to-B you can still make a case for free replacement. No big deal at all.

Hole (not whole)

 

because you will still get condensation and water in your tail light. it ruins the reflective coating too. when you have to buy a new tail light anyways, it wont be so free.

 

just build yourself a new gasket, that's why i did, cost me 5 bucks, and about 10 min to cut it out. then just let the light dry out, and throw it on there, looks good as new.

 

i just bought my rx8 and im having the same problem but i knew that was a comone problem with rx8s before i got it anyway, i dont know about the gasket thing but i think i know what the problem is with them........
i just pulled it off today to get all the water out and i relised that the little LED lights on the sides have a problem with the wiering as its coming out of the back, its not actually even sealed i meen thers just like a bit of material on it. water can easaly get thrue it so im goin to take the cloth of and replace it with cilicon if that dosent work ill trye the gasket thing. but i think that should do it. but dose anyone know how to pull the actual light apart because it i dont get all the water out it will never clear up and i dont want water marks on the inside ??

 

poke a tiny hole in the back it worked for me doesnt fog up on me anymore.

 

blow inside with compressed air. i also hear that putting them in the oven on a very low heat works.

you will not be able to take them apart.

also dont drill holes as mentioned earlier.

 

Hahaha. Everyone always suggest one of two fixes: Drill holes or replace gasket.

If you drill holes, people tell you that you're dumb for drilling holes and that it might leak water into your car.

If you replace gasket, people say the problem still persists.

So which is it, folks? The search function does no good to anybody if there isn't an answer to be found.

 

I did the gasket. Did it all myself. Atleast a year later and zero issues since.

 

Nary a leak since the new gaskets were installed well over a year ago now.

Go with the gaskets, you can always drill later if needed (which again it shouldn't be).

 

You must to fix or replace the tail light gasket, if you want you can do it by yourself, in case the car is out of warranty!
you can use any kind of water resist silicone
please everybody try this out!!!!