cold_beer839

1987 S4 Tail Lights needed.

I need to replace the wiring harnesses on the back on my tail lights.

Anybody have set they would sell? I would rather buy the complete tail light assembly if someone has them available in used excellent condition (no cracks front or back and no rusted bulb seats or cut wires).

I have the cash on hand now......

Sponsors welcome to send PM or reply here with a price on excellent used or new OEM.

cold_beer839

BUMP


I NEED SOME TAIL LIGHTS!!!!

hagen454

I need a pair of OB lenses for my beginner heap.

Shark Attack

That is usually a very hard harness to find. The last time I got one it was from that guy on ebay that advertises "one lug nut". 928 intl didnt have one. Rog100 is new on the scene... I woudl PM him. But things change... maybe you will get some hits on it monday. But I wouldnt hold my breath

ROG100

David already has my price for the tail lights but also needs harnesses.
I can get them new but they are not cheap at $199.95.

RyanPerrella

Someone was just offering a pair of tail lamps with harness's i think on here. I think your 3-4 days late to this party.

Try the for sale section, but last i checked it was a really good price and they were gone pretty quickly. If you MUST have them now then you will unfortunately have to pay the must have it now rate. Otherwise wait it out will someone just gives them away.

Also finding used ones with no cracks at all is tough. I was actually really lucky to get one from Roger that was great, ive seen spider cracking on most of the originals so i'm not sure if you'll have much luck there.

Nicole

What is it that actually breaks on those harnesses? Is it the wiring, the plastic sockets for the bulbs, or something else?

RyanPerrella

i recall it being a pretty small and simple harness. You could duplicate it, but actually trying to find the appropriate ends could be impossible.

I imagine corrosion is the main issue being that anytime the car is washed there is a bunch of water that comes from behind the lights. I could see corrosion being a big issue to these harness's failing. What exactly corrodes, wires themselves of the holders for bulbs or the harness ends, who knows.

MrLexse

It's the plastic sockets. I think that if someone could come up with replacement sockets, the existing harnesses might be able to be saved. The PO of my car soldered the bulbs directly to the broken harness wires!

blitz928

What fails is the metal parts within the sockets where the bulbs contacts. The thin metal corrodes and breaks, leaving the receptacle useless. Sometimes only one socket goes bad but the best way to fix is to replace the harness and taillight or replace the Harness and repair the taillight to keep water/condensation from infiltrating it.

cold_beer839

It is indeed the contacts in the bulb seats that corrodes. My harness wires and plastic sockets are in very good condition. I temporiarly fixed them by folding aluminum foil into the size of the contact at the bottom of my sockets. Then inserted the bulb and let it crush down into a fairly good contact.

I missed an offer the other day for a set in excellent used condition without harnesses for $200. The used harnesses were priced at $100 each from 928Int. I thought 928sRus price was $495 with the harness, so I passed on the used set for $200 (plus the needed used harnesses for $200 for a $400 total).

Then realized the 928sRus price did not include harness. By that time the used set for $200 was gone.

Oh well.

cold_beer839

BUMP BUMP!!!

One of you parts collecting freaks sell me some tail lights!!

Nicole

I will ask my supplier, if he can duplicate the plastic sockets. However, I fear that he might not be able to do the metal contacts - and if, it would end up not much cheaper than the original harness.

But I'll ask anyway. He has suprised me before...

9284me

The problem of rust is caused by moisture sitting inside of the lenses and inside of the light sockets.If you get them early enough,you can put some dielectric grease inside and save the socket from rust.Mine was totally gone and the contact pin at the base of the socket broke.So it was toast.I was able to find a replacement through NAPA auto parts for an early Nissan Quest harness for $10.The socket is the right diameter and depth to screw into the lense opening.I spliced into the wiring harness.It works perfect.The only other choice is to buy a new lense and harness for over $400.Don't ask me why Porsche,Audi,or VW doesn't make replacement light sockets.They would sell a lot of them if they did.Hope this helps.

mx22

Old thread dug out There was a harness for sale on EBay a few days ago.