My wife recently bought me an aftermarket tail light kit for my 2005 Honda Civic Si but I can't get the originals off. They appear to be simple unscrew the 3 nuts, pull off old and replace with new. The only problem is that after removing all three nuts I still cant get the Taillights off. Any ideas why?

 

if the si ones are like the ex ones sometimes you have to wiggle them because the foam gets stuck after awhile. i had three nuts then had to pull and wiggle mine out...

 

the car doesn't want to let go . altezzas ftl.

 

^aww..

 

Poor little car doesn't want to be rice-afied.

 

altezza are for ricers or fventura03 he rolls with them

 

I've been out here for about 20 minutes trying to wiggle it off. The top portion seems to come off but the bottom half wont. I looked closer and found a snap that I had to pinch and it moved a little more but it still doesnt come all the way off. I dont see anymore snaps but its such a small area that I cant see very well. Anyone know where I can get possibly a exploded view or something like that? Thanks again for the feedback.

 

I just check my chiltons and they dont say dump about removing a si hatch's lights so i can only imagine you have screws that hold it in place on the bottom of your tail lights between the bumper and light housing like on my ex sedan, and if it is you must remove your bumper to get to them or be like me and cut them out at 2am on a sunday with a hacksaw but I dont suggest that you can mess your bumper up bad if you are a sloppy cutter

 

Thanks for the input, i am probably going to put the back end on some ramps and look under it and see if i can see anything under there. Thanks.

 

I hope everthing atleast turns out easy if you do have to remove some screws, and if their are altezza's black them out since their off the car

 

yup you have to remove the rear bumper to fully remove the lens my buddy was doing the same thing as you man so don't feel bad other people don't think of it also.lol

plus you don't need chilton to figure that out it's common sense if you pull and only the top is coming lose that means it's grabbing on the bottom..

 

keep fighting civic , dont let the ricer rice you, lol

 

thats great but my chiltons was sitting 10 feet from me and I'm trying to help someone sorry for being helpful i'll never do it again but thanks for coming in so late

 

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some one is pissed that Freddy's car looks better then his.

 

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roflz