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swapping taillights in a hatch?
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:34 pmby boos-tit
im putting oem tails on my hatch finally, getting rid of the nasty altezzas that the previous owner installed. but im having trouble with the rear corners. the bolts are really hard to get to and im wondering if i have to remove the panels around it? if i do is there a way i should do it? what do i remove. any help would be greatly appreciated
Posted:
Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:42 pmby Civic_HatchSI
Its a lot easier with the panels removed, but you can just remove the covers on both sides to get at them.
Posted:
Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:12 pmby hatchin06
Or have a sibling pull back on the side panels
that's what I did and had no problem.
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:15 pmby suspendedHatch
They're a pain but a small 8mm wrench and 8mm socket/ratchet should be all you need.
btw good job on de-ricing your Civic.
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:34 pmby boos-tit
suspendedHatch wrote:
btw good job on de-ricing your Civic.
Thanks
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Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:22 amby Greasedmonkey
I could never find a way to get to the outside lights with out taking out the plastics.
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Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:21 amby JUICE
ya you'd need one funky ass shaped tool to get in there without takin off the panel.
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Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:00 pmby EG-IOW
you dont need to take the trim pannels right off, just the bolts near the lights, then like someone said above, just push it out the way enough to get to the bolts on the lights.
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Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:27 amby boos-tit
thanks guys. the new tails look so much better. slowly getting my car back to oem look
