Last ones I got were from the HELP rack at the auto parts. Worked fine.
www.autozone.com
Is there a big difference? I mean, are the AAW sockets still plastic, or do they need a wired ground?
Original ones are plastic!!!
The original plastic tab ones have a metal inner clip that ground to the metal hole surround of the taillight housing. In turn, the metal taillight housing grounds itself to the the trunk "body. In my case, the taillight assemblies were removed when the car got a repaint by a previous owner. The metal "tits" of the taillight housings were not making good contact to the body for ground when they got re-installed. I ended up installing a short ground wire on the backside of each taillight (in the trunk area) and ran it to a trunk screw to ground each housing. Problem solved without having to sand the contact point of the taillight housings to body. I was afraid of potential rust if water got to that bare metal.
