I have some tailights that look very dull and fadded, I want to re spray this with chrome paint, but it seems very difficult to open those taillights, Those who have done this how did you go about in doing this???? it seems extremely hard. I would appreciate all the help!

 

Take out the little plastic rivits/pushpins and CAREFULLY pry back the plastic clips. The rest of the lens is held together by a sticky black caulk.....it just prys apart but you have to take it slow.

 

please read these fully and do a test run to make sure you understand them correctly. feel free to respond to this thread if you have any questions.

alright. i just did this so hang with me on this. the part of the light where there are the plastic rivet looking things will be side a. and the other side will be side b.

if you want to just/or happen to break them a correct size screw/nut should work when putting back together.

side a: taking a flathead screwdriver and looking at the back of the plastic rivet you will see three pieces of plastic surrounding the shaft. one of the pieces should be loose and you should be able to move it aside with the screwdriver slightly. you're going to want to position the corner of the screw driver blade at the end of the center shaft and push it out as far as you can. sometimes this gets it out enough where you can pull the whole plastic rivet out, if not take a bent paper clip and insert where you were pushing, i used the screw driver to push the paperclip and the whole plastic rivet popped out. think of the plastic rivet like a one piece dry-wall screw, when the center shaft pushes in, it pushes the little plastic pieces out, sercuring it in place.

side b: for these instructions the light was on my lap with the lense facing me.
after side a is done and wiggled a bit loose (makes it easier i think for the other side) using two flat head screwdrivers, slide one between one of the lense flaps (where it clips on to) the screwdriver should be facing you. then you'll want to position another screwdriver right next to it, but vertically, wedged between the lense and the backing. you'll pull up slightly (be carefull not to break, they are very fragile) on the screwdriver that is facing you. then you'll twist the other screwdriver (vertical one) which will move the lense away from the backing. the goal is to get that little lip of the lense over the catch on the backing. once one is done, go onto the other one. i recommend doing the outside first.

something else i did was i took the two torx bolts out of the top and bottom of the black part, that is next to the reversal lights. this made it a bit easier to takout the lense once i did everything else. please remember to take your time and note that the use of screwdrivers will probably leave little dents in the backing of the light, but oh well. have fun. i also have not resealed them so i don't know if you should use any special sealer.