One of my brake lights went out so I figure I might as well change all the bulbs/gaskets (my left rear signal is leaking ) if I have to do one anyway. I searched and found that you have to take of the hard plastic against the rear of the car and from looking at it quickly last night it seems like a snap on/off kind of deal.

Are there any bolts holding the rear plastic on to get access to the taillights?
I dont want to force anything that's bolted down.

Thanks guys

 

I just swapped out my tail lights this week.

pull the 4 access covers in the rear.
In the two center ones you'll find a phillips screw under each panel.
With the 2 screws out peal the rubber from around the hatch out a little and put a straight screwdriver between the body and the plastic. There are 4 clips holding the top of the plastic panel to the car's hatch opening. They are spaced evenly from left to right on the middle panel. Twist the screwdriver a little bit to help free the panel without breaking the tabs.

Once the center plastic panel is out break out your 8mm socket and ratchet.
You have to remove the center tail light to remove the outers. The center tail light has two pulgs, one on either side of the latch you have to squeeze to undo before you'll get the center tail out.
The outer tails have one plug each.

If I remember correctly the outer tails are held in with 8 nuts and the center is held in with 5(?)
The trickiest one is the one in the middle under the latch. It is the only one that is solo the rest are in pairs. BE CAREFULL removing it because mine fell out of the socket and down into a little area of sheetmetal that was nearly impossible to get it back from so when it gets loose put you finger on it so it doesn't drop into "no man's land".

 

On my 90crxdx the side lights come out without the center needing to be done. Just when you put them back if you tighten them/position then differently the alignment in the back won't be perfect and it will bug you...