Removing the tail lights?

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:49 am

I tried to remove the housing today, but to no avail.

It seems that after removing all 4 bolts, I had no way of getting the actual housing off of the car.

Anyone who has removed their housing have any insight? It would be appreciated.

Thanks

Phil

Kelly · Post by **Kelly** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:23 pm

There glued in as well, with butyl. I took a large screwdriver, and pried very slowly, at the trunk opening.

QuickDrive · Post by **QuickDrive** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 8:37 pm

Use a hair dryer and a screw driver.

Heat that sticky black goo up and push from the inside.

That's how I did it.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 11:49 pm

http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic. ... black+rear

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:28 am

Thank you gents, I'll be de-orangifying my car tomorrow. Gotta add amber bulbs to my list of necessities from Pep-boys.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:32 am

bah. easier to paint em.

NuwanD · Post by **NuwanD** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:51 am

haha, just had the same issue picking up spare parts at a junkyard, after removing the 4 nuts i was wrenching on the taillight for a decent amount of time before being able to pry it loose, doesn't help either when the car is stacked on top of 2 other cars

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:08 pm

Laurel - That's rice! You reduce performance for your own sense of style!

Phil - It's hard to find nice bright amber bulbs unfortunately, but if you need them, 1295NA would probably be the best you could do at Pep Boys.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:54 pm

I might get a set of Silverstar amber turn signals. I know you don't think highly of the silverstar head lights, but Roman has the turn signals in the SHO (stock, the turn signals are clear and with Amber bulbs from the factory), and they are pretty damn bright.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:07 pm

SilverStar signal bulbs actually have nothing to do with SilverStar headlight bulbs.

The signal bulbs aren't actually brighter than non-SilverStar signal bulbs, but they do have the advantage of being clear (actually bluish) when off but properly amber when on.

Philips Silver Vision bulbs actually look silver when off and amber when on, which I think looks really great, since when they're off they blend in with the reflector.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:34 am

how does rear lighting affect performance? my taillights are still clearly visible, i just removed the amber coloring because i'm not very fond of it.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:51 am

Unless I'm misinterpreting what I see in that picture, your taillights have a black tint on them, reducing their intensity. And your turn signals are red rather than amber, increasing their mistakability and decreasing their saliency.

There's more to vehicle performance than torque curves.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:51 am

they're painted with a red stained glass paint. I can go photograph the rear of my car tonight if you'd like to see the intensity of the light

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:14 pm

A photograph isn't very useful for determining intensity.

Are we arguing? I can't tell.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:18 pm

Laurel it's rice. That's okay though. It's like my car's rice, it looks good. It's like spanish rice or this rice my mom makes with butter and sugar, so much better than plain old rice.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:00 pm

I'm not slowing the car down by painting the tails. I prefer the term performance-less modding.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:07 pm

Like I said, performance isn't just acceleration.

Bigger brakes improve performance, wouldn't you say?

How about stiffer springs?

Better headlights?

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:08 pm

that paint is extra weight! you are slowing the the car down.

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Removing the tail lights?

Removing the tail lights?