Tail Light Installation?!?

[BlaZeNSmoKe]

Aiight I have a '96 Accord and I was thinking about getting them Red TYC Jag type tails. But I wanna know how easy is the installation and is there some kind of website that shows me how to do it? If not, then I need to pay someone to install them, and do y'all know around how much it would cost to get them installed? Any feedback will be appreciated. ~PeacE~

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by BlaZeNSmoKe

Aiight I have a '96 Accord and I was thinking about getting them Red TYC Jag type tails. But I wanna know how easy is the installation and is there some kind of website that shows me how to do it? If not, then I need to pay someone to install them, and do y'all know around how much it would cost to get them installed? Any feedback will be appreciated. ~PeacE~

You don't need to see a website, nor pay anyone to install them. First remove the back cover that covers the backside of the tails in the trunk. Each side tail has 4 nuts that hold the taillight in...unscrew each of the nuts from the bolts. Remove the lights from the sockets. Now pull the light out. Put the new tailight in. Put nuts back on. Put lightbulbs back into place. Reinstall black cover.

Also, use STOCK taillight gasket seals(the back foam that gpes between the taillight and car to seal it from weather, etc). Most tailight gasket seals that come with Altezzas, etc leak badly and will result in a wet trunk. I am not sure if this is the case with TYC, but I'd play it say and use the stock seals you already have on the car.

[T-Racer]

easy as pie

[BlaZeNSmoKe]

Word up, thanks for the feedback!

Edit: Oh I just looked for the bolts and it seems that there's one bolt for each side that has a washer around it or something and I can't get the nut to unscrew it. Any ideas?

[emerge]

use the right sized socket.

[Civic_D16Y5]

... heh heh ... damn sockets .... i had a problem with that on my tail lights, i ended up stipping on of my bults and it took my like 2 hours to do my tail lights