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Ta-da!
Bought off Ebay over a month ago (just recently installed them) for...drum roll, please...$100!
Installation was a cinch, but I had issues removing the old taillights because the gaskets had made a good bond with the metal after years of being stuck on the car. With gentle prying, I was able to peel the gaskets off the car without ripping them up. That was a good thing because the gaskets that came with the new taillights were thin and cheap. Didn't look like they would make a good seal. I recycled the old (original) gaskets and used them with the new lights. While I was at it, I changed #4 (fog) lamps because it's a pain to reinstall the bulb holders once the taillights are mounted on.
Just a quick review for anyone interested in these taillights. They are on Ebay from time to time.
Construction is a bit cheap. Metal strips are thin (but I didn't find that to be an issue). You can actually see that the lens are glued onto the black lens housing unit. Not very clean looking comapred to OEM. Lens look nice, but the black lens housing doesn't look or feel like OEM. Gasket is thin and flimsy. The OEM bulb holders fit well in the four sockets. I didn't have to force them in or had to shave any plastic parts for fitment. The taillights overall fit into the taillight mounts just fine. The two screws line up with the mount holes. The only exception is that the passenger-side light's #4 bulb holder rubbed on top of that metal cross bar where the top screw goes through. That makes it a bit difficult to remove it for changing bulbs and even more (PITA) difficult to reinstall. That's why I changed the foglight bulbs so that I wouldn't have to deal with changing them later on. They needed changing anyway.
Overall, these taillights look nifty and worth the bucks. They may not be OEM quality, but I think they are decent in quality and look real sharp. They give your wagon a more updated look.
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