Cant Get My Tail Lights Out

[tek_01]

hey fellas just tried to take out my tailights on my r33 coz there is water getting in them and i cant get them out! stubborn bastards

i undid the 5 10mm nuts around the edges and im guessing that is all thats holding it in? even gave it a good melting with the heat gun but still they wouldnt budge even after hitting the bolts with a hammer. Theyre stuck on real good.... anyone have any ideas how i can get them off?

[Allkiller]

They need a good shove and keep pushing the studs with something soft that wont damage threads...they are very tough to release....but they will go eventually

[ctjet]

yeah that glue can be a bitch

once all the screws are out just keep pushing untill it gradually slides out

[UNR33L]

my dad helped me take mine out cos i was getting water in 1, they take a lot of force, then we re sealed the whole thing with that black shit cos we couldnt find a hole, and it fixed it.

[Nathan_G1]

heat gun and brute force.........hop in the boot of the car, warm the black glue up and then kick em out, put some drop sheets around and padding so they dont get damaged, and make sure the 6 nuts each die have been removed

[tek_01]

its pushing the whole boot out lol. i have to give it a good go on the weekend maybe when i got half a free day

so im hoping this will fix the water in lights problem? doesnt seem to be any water in the boot just in the lights and i cant see any other way it can get in there

[Munkyb0y]

actually, it can get in there thru the lenses. they may be cracked or not sealed well due to age.

does the water gather at the bottom in the blinkers?

thats what mine was doing, so i took my bumper off, and drilled a couple of tiny holes up into the base of the blinkers so the water can drain out. you cant see the holes unless you look under the light. problem fixed.

[p5yKoTik]

my r32 was the same take all the bolts from behind it out then you have to keep pulling at it

its got a sticky black sealent that you have to rip off between the tail light and the boot

[RANDY]

I described my method in the tutorial for doing this resealing...

Block of wood (small) and push against the studs SLOWLY. If you kick or suddenly hit the assembly, you may put a dirty big crack in it!

I didn't heat anything up in the end, just push the other studs slowly with the block of wood, and the glue started giving way.

[tek_01]

ill try pushing it next time.

and yes it does start to pile up on the bottom of the blinkers and fogs them up

[Munkyb0y]

have a look for the tutorial, as RANDY said, it's pretty helpful.

keep in mind, after i resealed my lights, i still had to drill holes under them to fix the problem completely.

[LiQuid IcE]

theres a screw behind the "skyline" garnish.. did u take that one out??