How to remove tail light?
03-26-2006, 10:03 PM
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How to remove tail light?
Hello, does anyone have instructions on how to remove the tail light assembly? It seems that I have a dead bee inside of the backup light and would like to extract the carcass...
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03-27-2006, 11:12 AM
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03 E320 -wife's car now; 07 Porsche Boxster S - my toy
Stephan,
Once you get the trunk lining part (and I believe a cover) away from the rear light, there are three screws that hold the light assembly to the outer lens. Take care and do not touch the bulbs. Never done this myself, but saw pictures of it.
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Once you get the trunk lining part (and I believe a cover) away from the rear light, there are three screws that hold the light assembly to the outer lens. Take care and do not touch the bulbs. Never done this myself, but saw pictures of it.
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Paul...
03-29-2006, 06:36 AM
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E240 03
remove tail light details
1 Remove side paneling in trunk
2 Remove bracket (1) with pneumatic pump for dynamic seat control (M40/1) from mount and put to one side
Only when removing left taillamp (E3).
3 Disconnect electric connector (2)
4 Unscrew nuts (3) and remove left taillamp (E3) or right taillamp (E4)
5 Install in the reverse order
6 Perform function check of left taillamp (E3) or right taillamp (E4)
email me to send you the picture byttcool99@yahoo.com
2 Remove bracket (1) with pneumatic pump for dynamic seat control (M40/1) from mount and put to one side
Only when removing left taillamp (E3).
3 Disconnect electric connector (2)
4 Unscrew nuts (3) and remove left taillamp (E3) or right taillamp (E4)
5 Install in the reverse order
6 Perform function check of left taillamp (E3) or right taillamp (E4)
email me to send you the picture byttcool99@yahoo.com
10-07-2006, 02:05 AM
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i tried removing the tail lights as well to get rid of that fried egg look but after i removed the trunk lining the screws holding the light assembly to the tail lights werent regular phillips screws...instead it looked like a screwdriver shaped like a star with about 8 points was reqd. does anyone know where i could get this or have any idea what type of screw driver is reqd?
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10-07-2006, 03:43 AM
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i tried removing the tail lights as well to get rid of that fried egg look but after i removed the trunk lining the screws holding the light assembly to the tail lights werent regular phillips screws...instead it looked like a screwdriver shaped like a star with about 8 points was reqd. does anyone know where i could get this or have any idea what type of screw driver is reqd?
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10-07-2006, 11:36 AM
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I believe you are referring to the TORX screws. Just go to your local hardware store and buy a set. They are not hard to find. Let me know what bulb type it uses so I can do the same thing too. I hate that fried egg look myself.....need to replace it with the silver bulbs.
I saw some presentations at http://www.mercedestechstore.com and they indicate that the bulbs in the rear light assemblies are soldered in place, so the entire assembly would have to be changed out if one of the bulbs burned out.
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10-07-2006, 12:36 PM
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I encountered that star screw before and just used an allen wrench that fit inside. I was too far away from the store to fetch one. The right size allen wrench fits very snugly inside the star. Try it but careful not to strip it since this is only the ghetto approach.
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cool. thanks rod. if you want to get the yolk look out from the front its really easy. the bulb size is a 1157. i got mine at www.silverbulbs.com. shipped in 3 days from new york to so cal.
10-11-2006, 06:27 AM
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cool. thanks rod. if you want to get the yolk look out from the front its really easy. the bulb size is a 1157. i got mine at www.silverbulbs.com. shipped in 3 days from new york to so cal.
