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Removal Started with removing interior trim pieces. We pulled the carpet area
up far enough to access all the bolts.</p>


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Next removed all of the covers and the center panel to gain access to the rest
of the retaining screws.</p>


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Now that the center has been removed we needed to remove all the screws for
the side pieces.</p>



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Once all the screws & bolts were removed I need to remove the pnl, a bit
tricky we had to pull it towards the inside of the car first to the clip (3rd
picture) </p>



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Now to remove the center Brake pnl we needed to first Disconnect the wiring
then unclamp the hatch opening cable (Clipped into the light). Note the 4th
picture it is a little plastic fastener that needs to be squeezed in order to
remove the center light pnl. it is located on the inside very center of the pnl.
</p>



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Using pliers to squeeze the center clip. Now gently pulling the pnl out.</p>


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Walla Panel out. Note the location of the center clip and also the seals for the
center pnl.</p>


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Now with the center out we could start on the outer light assemblies. We
disconnected the wiring and all the fastening hardware, we also needed a putty
knife to cut through the black gum stick gasket (or whatever its called) going
from the inside to outside then working the lamp out at the same time. </p>


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Still working the lamp out. Note all the gummy black stuff.. Ewwww good thing
we didn't get it all over the car.. </p>



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</p>




Then moved onto the other side. Note the 2nd and 3rd pic we added a sticker to
our putty knife IE (<font color="#000000"> Nismo JSpec "Tail Lamp
removal tool"..=)</font></p>