Tail lights noob question

[Jking72]

ok i got some ebay tail lights and obviously no instuctions with them...



ones I want on are on the right

I know I cant just install the new ones or can I?

[92accord ex]

ok i got some ebay tail lights and obviously no instuctions with them...



ones I want on are on the right

I know I cant just install the new ones or can I?

u need ti take out your old taillights and unscrew the plastic piece were the bulbs are held. and also the small brown boxes on the side and then you can install them.

[Jking72]

u need ti take out your old taillights and unscrew the plastic piece were the bulbs are held. and also the small brown boxes on the side and then you can install them.

so let me make sure I understand this just unscrew the bulb and the small brown box attached to the bulb and just place it in the new tail light lens?

[92accord ex]

so let me make sure I understand this just unscrew the bulb and the small brown box attached to the bulb and just place it in the new tail light lens?

ya but its not the bulb its self, its a houseing it has 2 bulbs in it just take that off and put it on the new tail lights

[Jking72]

OK I see what your saying but there's only one hole on the new tail lights lens and it looks like there's supposed to a ring kinda like what's on the headlight bulbs to lock them in place rather than them dangle around... Sorry if that's not the greatest of descriptions.

[TheNewt10]

What exactly are u trying to do? Are u trying to take out your whole tail light and switch them for these?

[redlined302]

You would need to take out the bulb stuff before hand and then unbolt the tail lights housings from the trunk lid. Then bolt in the replacement housing and screw in the bulb stuff as well.

[dysfunk]

They also need the gaskets.....

[Jking72]

What exactly are u trying to do? Are u trying to take out your whole tail light and switch them for these?

yes exactly what I am trying to accomplish but there's just the new tail light lens and a gasket no housing, how they are in the stock ones is there's a white box that screws onto the back of the old lens but there isn't anything like that on the new lens so the bulb would just be dangling or am I just totally just being stupid?

[DjM_coupe]

take everything that your old ones have that these do not and swap them to the new ones

[Mike1357]

By the looks of the design of the lights, you might have to let the boxes dangle there like you said, unless you feel like extending the wires to relocate the boxes in a better location.

Better pictures might help us help you better. It's a little difficult to see what sections the pictures represent.

It's essentially swap over all that you can and improvise with the rest. Good luck.

[Jking72]

ok hopefully better pics

heres the new lens i want on my car, the back anyways

heres the stock lens off the trunk lid

heres probably why im confused, I opened the corner tail light and the bulbs in there have a plastic housing on the bottom to lock them in place


so can I buy these? or not? the new lens only have room for 1 bulb on the trunk lid so would I just eliminate a bulb?