Following up on
my earlier post, I just did the glare fix on my left side camera after doing the right camera last week, but this time I drilled the holes in slightly different locations than what
@Tevo Solutions originally recommended.
Instead of drilling the two holes 3mm and 23mm from the inner edge of the front tab, I shifted both holes 4mm towards the middle — so 7mm and 19mm from the tab. This made it quite a bit easier for me to get the sealant in the right places.
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Tools/materials I used:
- A Dremel with a fine-tipped bit to accurately drill the pilot holes. (A small regular drill bit would've worked too.)
- A 3/16” drill bit to widen the holes
- Black “liquid electrical tape” as the sealant
- A toothpick to apply the sealant
- J-B Weld KwikWeld epoxy to fill the holes
One other note: I found it difficult to remove the larger of the two connectors from the repeater when removing it from the car. I couldn’t push hard enough on the release tab to get it to budge, and I ended up breaking a bit of plastic off the repeater-side connector on on the right side repeater when trying to pull it off. (Weak thumbs, I guess.) So on the left side repeater I used a pair of pliers to help push in the release tab, and that worked better for me.