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Having issues with headlight housing, how do I remove this?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by disel_V1, May 5, 2022.

  1. May 5, 2022 at 9:26 AM
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    disel_V1

    disel_V1 [OP] I eat cold pizza rolls

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    few things here and there.
    Hey y’all.

    new housings came in and I have to swap this connector. I see what I believe is the clip I need to press… but I’m unsure exactly which way or how do to it. Any advice?
    Thank you

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  2. May 5, 2022 at 9:28 AM
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    Road_Warrior

    Road_Warrior There is nothing on my horizon except everything

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    It should disconnect fairly easily if you press down on the small rectangle that’s in the middle of the 3 open slots (if that description makes sense).

    If you can’t get it by hand, I had to gently use a pair of pliers to press it down and then pull apart the 2 pieces when I was doing my taillights. But that was only one one very stubborn piece.
     
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  3. May 5, 2022 at 9:30 AM
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    disel_V1

    disel_V1 [OP] I eat cold pizza rolls

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    Worked like a charm! I thought I was kissing something… sorry about that lol
     
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  4. May 5, 2022 at 9:31 AM
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    Haha no worries! The taillights have the same connectors and 2 of them (one on each side) were absolutely impossible to do without pliers. Glad it worked :thumbsup:
     

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