tail lights.......and how to get them out

aaron greene · Post by **aaron greene** » October 15th, 2003, 8:16 pm

yo.. i got these new black tailights off ebay, when i tryed to install them, i couldnt figure out how to get the stock ones out.. can anyone help me out?

<small>[ October 17, 2003, 11:54 PM: Message edited by: JDM ]</small>

Spydie · Post by **Spydie** » October 15th, 2003, 9:12 pm

one slides out this way <-
the other slides out that way ->

aaron greene · Post by **aaron greene** » October 15th, 2003, 9:18 pm

thanx yo.. that **** was sressin me

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » October 16th, 2003, 9:45 pm

Is that all? I feel like a freaking moron. I was trying to take mine off Monday to put some Dynamat behind there.

kuruption1983 · Post by **kuruption1983** » October 16th, 2003, 10:04 pm

just pull the bitc# man, thats all it takes to take it off.

killerpickle · Post by **killerpickle** » October 16th, 2003, 11:44 pm

that is, after you take out the 3 screws...

kuruption1983 · Post by **kuruption1983** » October 17th, 2003, 1:30 am

if he doesnt find that out on his own,,, then ummm ,,,

Spydie · Post by **Spydie** » October 17th, 2003, 8:09 am

lol...yes...3 screws.
you may have to tap them to pop 'em out....and when I say tap I mean with your palm fairly hard.

BADMX3 · Post by **BADMX3** » October 17th, 2003, 12:04 pm

and there is a plastic bit that sticks up if you don't put your finger between this and the car body it snaps just a bit of a warning in case you take the altezza's back off.
oh and i don't know if they fixed this problem yet but seal em using silicone otherwise they will mist up

good luck

rancid420potheadpunk · October 24th, 2003, 11:51 pm

i got a set of black tail lights comeing off of ebay and they should be here within a week or so and after i get all my little mods done i'll post a few pics for you guys. it'll look really nice, i hope.

projectmx · Post by **projectmx** » July 7th, 2004, 11:22 am

where are the three screws? do you have to take the plastic in the trunk out to reach them?

perhapsadingo8yerbaby · July 7th, 2004, 11:59 am

Originally posted by mazda78:
where are the three screws? do you have to take the plastic in the trunk out to reach them?

Nah, you reach em from outside. Open the rear hatch, standing behind each lens housing, remove the 2 screws from above- you'll see em going vertically into the black plastic top trim piece on top of the lens housing. The 3rd screw is horizontally oriented-located at the inside edge of the housing (toward centerline of the car). Remove that screw then pull the housing toward you to release it, just until it releases from the body, then slide the housing toward the outside of the car to release the last outer "clip" point. Voila, you are now one bada$$-lens-removing mofo.

If after removing the screws, the housing seems "stuck" too much to the body and doesn't want to release without damaging it, you can remove the rear-most trunk trim and help it loosen up from the inside. Hope that helps...

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