Tail light Center Section Installation- 1996

check to see if there is a center piece that you can push in
this is like an expansion pin that expands the thread into the nut and when pushed in allows the nut to just pull off

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1 Open the trunk and pull up the carpet in the trunk. 2 Remove the screw bolts that hold the trim piece to the back of both of the tail light housings. 3 Remove the trim backings to expose the tail lights. 4 Remove the electrical plug running to the bulb's ballast. Squeeze the top of the connector's release tab and remove the plug. 5 Turn the bulb counterclockwise to remove it from the housing. 6 Remove the screw bolts on the inside of the trunk that hold the tail light housing to the body. 7 Pull the tail light housing off. 8 Replace bulb with same

The steps to replace the brake light bulb on a 1996 Toyota Corolla:

The bulb needed is type 1157. After opening the trunk you need to remove the trunk liner on the side (right side for this example)where the brake light bulb is out. The plastic capture grommets hold the liner in place. Once the grommets are removed there is a nut (10mm) that is a bright brass-like color. This needs to be removed. Then on the outside of the trunk on the tail-light lens left side there are two nuts black in color (10mm) they need to be removed. Now the fun starts .... you needto slide the whole assembly back. You will note two black plastic posts on the rear quarter-panel, do not remove these ... these are used to hold the tail-light assembly in place since on the inside of the tail light assembly there are two rod-like protrusions that slide into these brackets. So.... remove the screws and wiggle the assembly back and it "should" slide back so that you can get at the bulb socket hat you twist to remove from the assembly. Now the bulb is visible and you reverse the order of steps to get it all back together .... a miserable design!

open trunk lid inside there will be 5 or 6 large plastic thumb screws remove them and either 1/2 or the whole assy will come out,you'll have to remove wires on assy to replace lamps

wing nuts on innide of trunk hold lens assembly in remove all fastners and slide out assembly to access light sockets on rear of lens.

Inside the trunk, under the carpet behind the tail lights will be a whole bunch of small plastic nuts, running from one side of the car to the other. Take all of these plastic nuts off, and the whole tail light assembly will come off in one large piece. Find the bulb you need to replace, and reassemble

91 Honda Accord has 2 separate tail lights on each side(total of 4 pieces). My problem stemmed from a faulty control module on the right hand side(passenger side). The module in question is located inside the smaller of the 2 tail light sections. In order to change the module you have to remove the tail light. There are 4 nuts holding in the taillight section and 2 phillips head screws holding the module in. The module on this side is 6 pin plug in. The one on the drivers side is a 5 pin plug in. Whole effort takes about 45 minutes. It is strictly plug and play.

You remove the tail light by removing the nuts or bolts from inside the trunk area. This is what holds the tail light in place.

1. Use a "star" screwdriver to unscrew the two black screws on the outside.
On the inside if there is a canvas remove this by gently unscrewing the two black plastic screws

2. Use a No. 8 spanner to remove the nut on the inside.

3. Pull gently the whole casing containing all the rear lights(brake/turn
signal/reverse/blinkers)

4. Since you already oend the casing, you might as well make sure the rest ofthe bulbs are good.

5. Determine which bulb needs replacement by switching your lights on and have someone step on the brakes for you.( with the ignition turned on)

6. Remember not to lose the screws Replace everything as it was

there should be 10 nuts all together on the taurus back panel the 2 corners