MeanMachine

hello guys,

Good news is that I solved my engine remedies and the car drives well. The only thing that is bothering me is the right tail light. After installing and not aligning well I removed both left and right to compare and noticed the right light housing is more inclined than the left. In housing I mean the housing that is in the rear right fender.

What is the best solution to get this thing resolved ?

Is it fender related, heat shield, bumper alignment related ?

mmm951

If it really bothers you, you can still get original lights from Porsche. Sounds like the plastic is distorted and not much you can do for it.

Or, try realigning all the components again.

MeanMachine

I have new lights installed, the only thing bothering me is the plastic housing in the fender itself sits higher than the one on the left.

mmm951

Maybe this picture of my car will help. The only thing I can think of is the metal housing that actually encases the light is not alignes correctly.

MeanMachine

^ can the thing you are referring to be adjusted ?

What is the procedure

rstarga

It looks like the tongue on the light might not be correctly engaged with the hole in the body and so the light is not properly seated. The other cause could be that they have put a top seal on the light which is not required.

ralt

Suggest put car on level ground. Check tire pressures. Put level across rear body with engine lid open. measure ground to body on all the tail light points both sides. the same?? different?? Is chassis straight? Rear fenders never repaired or replaced??

MeanMachine

Thanks is for the comments, the part that is not sitting correctly is the rear right light frame and the lower portion is higher slightly compared to the left and its what's causing the misalignment in the light.

So what should I do to resolve it, I had a friend of mine look at it and he said its very minimal and if I didn't tell him he wouldn't of noticed the misalignment of lights. My friend is the Mercedes manager for the workshop over here and he is German, I haven't discussed with him in regards to the light he told me to stop being picky and just enjoy the car.

It seems after some research a new porsche rear light frame can be purchased? What are my possibilities. I want to resolve the light alignment, I also heard that the centre reflector can be aligned correct to adjust this. Your suggestions I highly welcome, mechanical aspect of the car is done its just this issue and to change the sunroof seal.


Image link of what I am referring to

http://www.rosepassion.com/en/cat/po...ar-left/P43589

Metal Guru

He's German and he doesn't notice it? Shocking
Try lowering the center reflector.

MeanMachine

Will that help cure my problem, has any one done it before ? Any links would be grateful.

thank you

MeanMachine

Some more pictures for clarification

Flachbau

I talked with my German mechanic and he said .... "quit messing with the car and just drive it already!"

MeanMachine

Honest to god he said that. He is not a porsche workshop mechanic but as a friendly advice he said don't let anyone touch the car just enjoy it. He was afraid I would take it to some other place and as a metaphor add insult to injury .ie hack it up and do a worse job

Metal Guru

So in looking at your picture the taillight is slightly deeper than the center reflector, correct?
So I just ran out to my car and it's the same way but on both sides. I even loosened the 3 allen screws that hold the center reflector to the body, pulled the reflector down and re-tightened the screws and couldn't really get it level with the taillights.
In conclusion, unless you remove the center reflector and mod it in some way (don't have time to do mine right now) that's just the way it's going to be.

MeanMachine

Actually the centre and left taillight are normal and the right tail light is slightly inclined out and not fitting like the left one as the tail light frame being slightly out of position making it more effort to fit and won't align the lights properly like the left one does.