One area that seems to be a common trouble spot as these cars get older is the plastic tail light lens that surrounds the trunk lock cylinder.  The lens cracks and you start getting a tail light lens that fills with water. 

Replacement is not as hard as you might think.  We've posted some photos and text showing the process.  Click the image at the right or follow this link for the photo FAQ.

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I've been developing this conversion in my head for a number of years because I always thought that, eventually, our OEM coils would no longer be made and I wanted a back-up plan for my car. In the last four or five months, I noticed that I was getting some missing/bucking under WOT, and high boost, at high speed. I figured coil (or POS) but I didn't want to spend the money o­n replacing old (but perhaps robust) technology when newer technology is out there.