90 tail light removal

[j fizz]

mike,

i pulled out my tailights on my 88 90 to replace with the fancy black
hellas.. i did crack them a bit, but only where the inner and lens is
glued/welded together, which i think i can fix easilly enough with a little
epoxy [they didnt 'break' so much as 'came apart'].

if you use a long, thin flexible [probably plastic] putty knife and wiggle
it between the light and the trunk you should be able to de-stick the light
to the car enough to pull it off clean. its tricky bc of the countours of
the trunk, but i was able to get 2 of the lights off with no cracking.

ALso - i had to caulk the crap out of them once i took off all the old
rubber goo sealant to get the trunk watertight again. i would reuse as mush
of the original goo as possible.

jim


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What is the best way to remove the tail lights?
On my 90q the gasket seems pretty solid and I can not pull off the tail
lights.  I am installing a set of European Smoked tail lights and I suppose
I need smaller gaskets.  I may try the old hair drier trick to melt down the
gaskets.  I need to keep the originals so I need to be careful not to break
or crack the plastic.
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