i bought my SHO about 6 weeks ago and i thought i did a good job of finding the issues a used car has and getting the dealer to fix them. well, i missed one... and a big one at that. my driver side outer tail light has a crack and it let in a ton of water during the recent rain storms. my turn signal started flashing really fast indicating a blow bulb and then noticed the brake light isn't working. I found the crack in the lens (how i didn't see it at the dealer is beyond me) and found an ocean of water inside the lens



unfortunately, a new tail lamp assembly from Ford (tasca) is $621, rockauto is $563 and LKQ is $400. i found one on ebay for $336 shipped so i bought that.
getting the lamp assembly out is simple.
disconnect the grey connector and remove the 3 nuts.



then just pull on the black grommet and the wires will come loose.



that brown goo by the trunk support strut was under the black plastic of the tail lamp assembly. it was a slimy, nasty film.

Just the outer one was bad? I see them on eBay all the time under $150


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The outers are easy to find at junk yards too...it's the inners that are hard to get, usually sold with trunk lid.

Rich

i've seen a ton of inner for around $100ish. the outer/quarter mount are 'spensive... '13+

got the new tail light in so i decided to take apart the old assembly to see what was inside.
here are some gee-whiz photo's

lense removed (shattered)


innards removed


some inner bezel removed


electronics separated


close up of electronics


a look at the tiny LED's for the turn signal. crazy how bright they are


i was bored and wanted to see what was up inside there, that's all.

This is a great time to experiment with adding or styling your lights with new and cool stuff.

if i remember right my sel 2010-12 tails were only 300 its amazing how much those led lights cost.