broken rear finishing lamp

Apr 20, 2004 2 Replies
M

Hi



My nephew was playing catch near my 2002 outback and he broke the "rear finishing lamp" (thats what the dealer called it) its the red plastic piece covering both brake lights that goes across the entire back door with the word subaru on it.



The dealer quoted me $230 for the part and $80 to install. I did a search on this group for discounted parts and spent a good part of yesterday searching for it cheaper with no success.



Does anybody know where I could find this part cheaper and also is it very difficult to install.



Mike Cardeiro


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J

Call a junkyard and see if they can find you one. I'm not familiar with replacing the taillight, but I couldn't imagine paying a dealer $80 to replace it. Take a look at the broken one and see how hard it is to remove. If you're uncomfortable with working on it, take it to a independent shop. I'd guess they would change it for $50 while you wait.

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C

  1. Do a search on eBay for it, then "save this search" and have it do the email alert thing.
  2. If you're in a southern/warm state, call a friend or relative who lives up north (I see very few `rus in GA [and almost all I see are out of state tags] but I saw tons of em all over in NJ) to check salvage yards. All you need is one that got totalled with front-end or side damage, should be pretty easy!

Steve

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