How to take out rear lamps?

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:27 pm

How do you take off the rear lights on a 90? I've opened the cloth panel thing, take out the blubs unscrewed the 4 nuts around it but it wont come out. Am I missing something? I was kinda frustrated and hit it and put a crack in it

So yeha how do you get this thing off?

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:46 pm

They're glued in sort of. Theres a line of caulk running the perimeter of them. Just try to pry them from the area where they meet the hatch. should pop off if everything's undone.

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:51 pm

Put slow even pressure all the way around. The stuff is really stretchy.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:52 pm

gotta pull of my tails today too. If you're having trouble in a few hours, I'll post pics.

Doing black housing headlights and all red tails tonight.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:53 pm

GARRRR that's what i was afraid of, this means I'll prolly ahve to put some adhesive to get them to seal back up properly right?

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:54 pm

LaureltheQueen wrote:gotta pull of my tails today too. If you're having trouble in a few hours, I'll post pics. Doing black housing headlights and all red tails tonight.

Nice work. I'm making the orange stuff on the front black and everything but the red stuff in the back black, I'll post pics if i can get em off

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:56 pm

when i replaced my passenger tail, i didnt reseal it.

Perhaps that's bad. Guess I'll see tonight.

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:31 pm

You don't need to put adhesive stuff on there......just sort of reshape the black goo stuff, you may need more of it.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:29 am

What is it and where can i find it?

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 1:51 am

Its not something that ever sets up. Just massage the old material back into shape and put the headlight back on. Think of it like silly putty.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:18 am

Yeah, it stays permanently gooey. It's gooier when warm, though, so a heat gun or even a hair dryer may help.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 4:43 am

bad idea to paint the housing on my corner lens black?

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:36 am

What do you mean by painting the housing?

If you're putting any kind of tint on the lens or coloring the reflector, I'd say that's a bad idea. The lights are plenty dim from the factory, and really could stand to be brighter...

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:50 am

Well I just finished it about an hour ago, looks hella nice. The only complaint I've got so far is that the reverse lights aren't as bright as I would like. That's not to say it doesnt show through at all, but it's just a lil dimmer than stock, as to be expected. The corner lenses didn't get as dark as I would've liked they kinda look red-orangish in direct light, the front turns look hella nice, kinda hard to notice at night but still almost as bright as stock. The rear looks hella nice, and I've discovered two things about it, first the main problem with the rear on the 90-91 is the gray parts, not the chrome or anything, the other is that the middle portion is not red but burgendy, Didn't know if you knew this but yeah the black really shows this. At anyrate, I'll hopefully have some pics tomorrow if I finish off this last roll. Thanks for the help ^_^

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:54 am

Sweet! Can't wait to see how it all turned out!

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:33 pm

Hrmmm... I cant get my drivers side tail off. Damn thing isnt budging. I only found 2 bolts, and they got my passenger side one off....

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:44 pm

Sheesh . . . Wish I remembered where the third bolt was from when I took that one off at the junkyard a month or so ago.

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How to take out rear lamps?

How to take out rear lamps?