im trying to red out my amber then im going to tint the entire thing, but i cant get the damn thing off. where are the screws holding it in place? i unscrewed 4 nuts off the 4 bolts but it still doesnt come out. is there something im missing?

 

The black glue holds it in, what you need to do is to apply presure and it will pop out. In no way pry out the tails because they may crack.
Gotta be careful baceuse that glue is strong, I cracked my 2 inners pieces just from pressuring it from behind

 

I just got mine out a couple days ago, after the 4 screws you just really need to force them out, they are stuck in there by some glue substance, just keep pushing it out from the inside and eventually they will give. Felt like I was going to rip the trunk off while I was forcing the lights on the trunk out.

 

well i got it. broke off a corner of one of the housings, but whatever, i think i can fix it.

 

for thoes of you that red out your amber, how many coats of testors did you put on?

 

I put on about 4-5 medium/thin coats. I just went until everything matched up well with the stock red. It matched well enough that I didn't even need to paint the brake lights. Here's a pic:


Sorry about the shadow on the one side, that tail matches just as well as the passenger side.

 

well i just finished the 2nd coat. both coats were pretty thick, but came out really nice and shinney. now im about to start with the tint spray. i was told to put about three coats of tint spray on. how long do you think i should wait in between coats?

 

Check out my site for pics of my red tails, i painted both the amber and brake lights to get a better match.

 

I'm thinking about doing the tint thing at some point. How do you get the tails back on? Do you need to get whatever that glue is, or can you reuse what's on there somehow?

 

i somehow stripped two of the inner ds tail nuts on there so i can't currently get them off

have been wanting to tint the reverse lights or dtm them for months but this stupid new problem is keeping me from doing that.

 

well i ****ed em up. i got the final coat on, then remembered that i didnt clean one of the housings, so that one looked like ****. then by the very end i ran out of tint so one of the other housings didnt come out nice and shiny, instead its all smudged and distorted. finally on the third housing, i accidently touched it while it was drying and got some finger prints on it so had to remove that part too. finally because of the lack of paint, one side of the car is darker than the other. so now i gotta wait another week to get the new can in the mail cus it costs $20 ****ing bucks for 3 day shipping on a $2 can of paint. as you can tell im in a great mood.

 

so much trouble...should of red/cleared them out.

 

Are you using Testors? Thats what i used, i got mine form Wal-mart for 3.25 a can, you can go thier or any hobby shop will have it, Trasparent Candy Apple Red.

 

i tried walmart and 2 hobby stores, none of them had it.

 

remember man, 95/96 owners cant just "clear" em out. if only it were that easy. the amber pieces are part of the tail light. we have to buy the complete assembly already made red/clear. and you know how much of a pain that is to get one... so the next best thing is to red out the amber and/or smoke it.