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WTH is this on my tail light?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by NMTrailRider, Sep 1, 2018.

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  1. Sep 1, 2018 at 7:18 PM
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    New 2018 here. Just noticed this piece of rubber hanging off my tail light. Anyone know what it is?

    Is it some kind of weather stripping or backing that fell off the back side of the housing? It's stuck between the housing and the body and just kinda flapping around.
     
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  2. Sep 1, 2018 at 7:20 PM
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    Fuck it, just pull it off.
     
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  3. Sep 1, 2018 at 7:22 PM
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    :notsure: not a clue. Pull the other tail light and see if that's on it.
     
    tcjacado, Sep 1, 2018
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  4. Sep 1, 2018 at 7:28 PM
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    It’s from the Car wash. Ask me how I know
     
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    It’s a fuse to a 500 pound bomb, light it:thumbsup:
     
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  6. Sep 1, 2018 at 8:06 PM
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    I haven't been through a wash yet...
     
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  7. Sep 1, 2018 at 8:11 PM
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    Tacoma tape worm?:notsure:
     
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    It may mean blinker fluid is low.:rolleyes:
     
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  9. Sep 1, 2018 at 8:21 PM
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    Tampon string. Must have came off a Ridgeline.
     
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    Dealership probably ran it through their car wash.
     
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    Thanks. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't some kind of seal that came off the back of the tail light housing.
     
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  12. Sep 1, 2018 at 8:39 PM
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    Yeah. For real it looks like a shammy cloth from those roller car wash things
     
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  13. Sep 1, 2018 at 8:59 PM
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    I haven't been in an automatic car wash for a decade or more, so I'd never have recognized the material they use for the rollers.
     
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  14. Sep 1, 2018 at 9:22 PM
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    It’s definitely the material from the car wash rollers. It’s not rubber. I run mine through the one at my old work all the time and have had them stuck in my drivers side tail light Atleast 3-4 times
     
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    :rofl::rofl:
     
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    Looks like you may have gotten the free dealership swirl pkg included with your purchase!:D
     
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  18. Sep 2, 2018 at 4:05 AM
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    Reserected from the dead.
    That's just cold. Funny, but cold.

    OP, check your paint finish.
     
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  19. Sep 2, 2018 at 7:42 AM
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    pull the tailight out and see what its attached to?
     
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  20. Sep 2, 2018 at 7:55 AM
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    It gets stuck in the bottom where the plastic molds together
     
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