I tried replacing my outer tails today but they werte giving me the hardest time of my life, I took off the 4 8mm screws, and lights just don't wanna budge is there something I'm missing?

 

There is sealant along the inside, you really have to pull, or tap on them from the inside.

 

or you can take a blow drier or heat gun and heat the edges up where the housing meets the trunk. Do the outside and inside.
Best to have to people (one heating them up, and the other pushing

 

I see the sealant, I was pulling/prying but not trying to break the orginal lens, and tap on what? I was knocking on the screws. Is there a better place to tap?

 

Disconnect the plug on the back of the harness and push on it as hard as you can. That should do the trick.

 

Bang (tap) on it with a hammer?

 

use the handle of screwdriver to press on the back of the lamp.

 

Oh ok, I'll try that, just didn't wanna break anything so I came for shortcuts.

 

best bet is heating up the sealant that holds it to the car. it will come off EASILY. i didn't try taking it off without heat so i can't comment on how hard thatll be.

 

Keep us posted.

 

thats what I said. I heated them up and they just popped out. When I tried without heat, they wouldnt budge

 

I used a mallet and banged on the 4 screws to get mine out.

 

Well I got them out by a combination of pushing from the inside of the trunk to prying on the outside, it was a good fight they came out though, one of the lens cracked a lil bit thought which made me upset because I planned on selling them on here.

 

^ should have used heat. it would've came out no problem. live and learn though.

 

So all u do is remove the screws on the inside of the trunk. Then use a heat gun or hair dryer and pry up the tail lights ???

 

i used a heat gun set to high, maybe two passes all around the INSIDE where the black sealant is used. if you use a hair dryer its safer but will take more time. don't stay at one spot too long, and don't get the heatgun too close. don't use the heat gun on the outer lens as it will melt it.

after the sealant is warmed up just push from the inside out, i would avoid prying from the outside. heat it up a little and try to get it out, if its too difficult add more heat.

 

the only thing is I didn't have a heat gun or blow dryer, so I got stuck doing it that way, i used a lighter on it a lil bit that loosened it up, heat does work well on the sealant I just didn't have any of the correct stuff.