Does anyone know how to bust out the orange piece in the rear tail light of a 5 gen lude??

 

Get Pliers.....Twist and Smash Away

 

smash? how would u do that w/out damaging the rest of the assembly...i don't wanna bust through the other side of the clear piece

 

or you can send em to him:
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~ren/carbusiness.html

 

You might want to save your money and do it yourself. When I did it i scatched the housing a bit, but when i installed them on the car it is unnoticeable. Or you could easily buy some cheapo clear corners off of ebay and keep your old ones in case you need them later.

 

thats funny i go to the same school as that guy...whats his name and how can i contact him? i actually already twisted off a couple pieces, just wondering if there was an easier way

 

that guy uses the method of baking them in an oven for a short time then prying them apart w/ a screw driver.

 

email him or AIM him. Neoekai

 

Yeah TPC had a Clearing Tails day....seriously I watched like 15 people do this to their cars. They were vicious with the pliers, and everyone seemed quite happy with the results.

 

Did you ever get a good answer to this question. I would really like to do this to my car. I would do it my self if I jsut new how to do it. I would appreciate any suggestions.

 

i did that to my 5th gen lude, all you need is a philips or flat screw driver, just stab or pop the amber lens so it turns vertical towaRDS YOU. then use the pliers to start twisting and then yeank it out. i did that to my rear tailights as well as the front turn signals.
** anyone know where you can purchase the 1157 i think turnsignals for the rear in amber. no place i have checked seems to carry them. they told me they dont make them in amber, only clear. i need them to past state inspection. ****

 

i find orange bulbs at checker or autozone.

 

just leave it stock. IMO it looks better.

 

I used a soldering iron to melt the orange piece into a bunch of little pics. This way you don't get all of those little orange pics in the housing. Then I used a pliers to pull the pieces out. Just be careful not to melt the edge of the housing where the bulb attaches. Did the same with the front markers

 

just keep in mind that rear clear sigs are illegal (at least in cali) and if you rip the orange parts out, you might be forced into buying new stock ones

 

Another option which I took on our clearing day was to use a thin long drill and drill holes in the yellow plastic to loosen/break it up. Once you do that, use needle pliers and cutters. Pull a piece with the pliers to the hole and use the cutters to cut the yellow plastic into smaller pieces. With time and patience it shouldn't take you more than 1/2-3/4 hr per light.