# 1986 Corvette Taillight

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-corvette-taillight/2320>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** corvette\
**Created:** [July 28, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-corvette-taillight/2320 "2007-07-28T12:13:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![drakoczy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@drakoczy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/drakoczy)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-corvette-taillight/2320/1 "2007-07-28T12:13:00Z")

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Any good suggestions on changing a taillight on a 1986 Corvette? The manuals say remove three screws on the lens, but there aren’t any screws there!  
  
 I spent a couple hours trying to figure it and I give up.  
  
 I’d appreciate any suggestions before I get a ticket!  
  
  
  
 Thanks,  
  
 Dan

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-corvette-taillight/2320/2 "2007-07-28T14:14:30Z")

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I know what you mean. I had a '91 that had a loose lens assembly and I couldn’t figure out how to access the backside of it. You may have better luck posting here: [http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zeroforum?id=34](http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zeroforum?id=34)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-corvette-taillight/2320/3 "2007-07-28T23:46:15Z")

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Doing a google, it sounds like you “have to remove the bumper enough to get at the screws on the back side of the tail light housing”. You just have to study it some. I had half the back end of my Riv off trying to get the light out before I noticed two screws going into the top of it under the trunk. A 5 minute job if you know how.

Bing

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**Author:** ![drakoczy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@drakoczy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/drakoczy)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-corvette-taillight/2320/4 "2007-07-30T23:33:32Z")

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Thank you both for your suggestions.  
I’ll try the corvete forum and see what I can find out.  
Dan