Smashed tail light.... how much??

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Smashed tail light.... how much??

Postby MonSqueek » Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:55 pm

I backed Cherry into a railing and smashed the left rear tail light. It will need replacing I think. The plastic is all smashed and I dented and rearranged the alignment of that panel too :( How much is it going to cost me to fix my baby? And does it make it unroadworthy in the mean time?

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Re: Smashed tail light.... how much??

Postby 93_Clubman » Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:52 pm

If the tail lights aren't working then definitely, but even a broken or cracked lens is strickly speaking not roadworthy. Difficult to say how much without a pic, but estimate about $1k to $2k.

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Re: Smashed tail light.... how much??

Postby MonSqueek » Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:50 pm

Damn :(

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Re: Smashed tail light.... how much??

Postby RG.net » Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:11 pm

If your need of tail lights, I have a pair for sale that would probably be cheaper then purchasing one from mazda.

Sucks for this to happen though :(
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Re: Smashed tail light.... how much??

Postby hamx5ter » Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:51 pm

MonSqueek wrote:I backed Cherry into a railing and smashed the left rear tail light. It will need replacing I think. The plastic is all smashed and I dented and rearranged the alignment of that panel too :( How much is it going to cost me to fix my baby? And does it make it unroadworthy in the mean time?


I had pretty decent results from Chris \ C&A Smarsh Repairs in Dural.

Don't know if it's worth your while to go that far, but he does things for a reasonable price.
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Re: Smashed tail light.... how much??

Postby mazdatenfive » Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:56 pm

I have a passenger LHS tail light lens and new rubber if you want it for $110 + postage.


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