Stupid stuck taillights. ....need ideas. .

So I went to remove my rear taillights on my 17 limited and they won't come out..

I took off the 2 bolts and they losen up and come out 1/4 of a inch if that but then won't go any fuether. ..
I even took off all the bolts to make sure I didn't miss anything. ..

Any ideas.. I Dont want to crack them as it seems to stress on the corner piece on the body panel and if I play anymore I think it will snap..
It has only 50 miles on it and is new
Thanks
Greg

 

There's two nipples that align the lights. Just pull straight out.

 

Yank hard. They pop out with a horrible sound. After a few minutes checking a bazillion times nothings broken you realize they are just in there darn tight. Pulled mine 3 times so far and you di get used to the sound

 

I think I need to move it left to right to loosen it up...but okay I'll put on gloves and pull straight out with force...

 

Straight.

Left and right will break things.

 

or . . . . use my method: "Stop Fucking With It!"

G.

 

I have to replace one of mine soon. You pull straight back?

 

It just seems stuck but I guess that's the plastic clips I just hate using "the force"

 

Yes straight back after two 10mm bolts are removed. Done it twice.

 

Yeah make sure you removed the correct bolts. Here is a video that should help. I'm not sure why i found the "I'll put on gloves" when talking about tail lights funny but for some reason its making me laugh. Anyways hope the video helps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvzGPfsUrow

 

Use a plastic pry tool or maybe a spatula or something play cod around the kitchen to pop it out. But yes they pull straight out. Just a bit hard

 

Wow so they came out with a Big pop..thanks for the encouragement .
I added led lights. thanks !

 

Whoa! Wait a minute...you park your truck in your kitchen?

 

x2, you invited your truck to dinner

 

LED turn signal bulbs to? if so did you add the load resistors? .. if not that's why your turn signals will be flashing really fast .. just a heads up

 

After one week of ownership back in March, i did this same task to install LED reverse lights. Pulled straight back on the right one first and broke the shit out of the bottom clip. Left one came out fine. Swapped the bulbs, put everything back together and it's been fine ever since. There is slight flex in the right light if you push hard on it due to the one broken clip, but it it totally secure.

 

Looks like a tight squeeze, guess you could use a bigger kitchen.

 

^^^^^^this!

I want LED running, brake and turn bulbs if they work without a $125 load equalizer!! I've changed EVERYTHING else on my rig to LED. OP, what bulbs were you changing?