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How to Install Performance Taillights Chevrolet Silverado 1500 1999-2006
How to Replace Tail Lights 2004-06 Chevy Silverado
How to Replace Tail Lights 2004-06 Chevy Silverado 1500
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Tools used
Gloves
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Safety Glasses
Tools used
Electrical Tape
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Drill
Pocket Screwdriver
Now to get started on working on this taillamp, it's important to make sure that you have your tailgate down because the mounting bolts for it are located right here and right there. Remove those with a Phillips head screwdriver. There we are. Now we have a nice clear view of the backside here. Let's go ahead and release these. It's always a good idea to take a peek at your bulbs, make sure they're in good condition. If it looks like the filaments on the inside are burnt or cooked, or they're not even connected in any way, just go ahead and replace that bulb.
All right, so now we have all this nice and free, go ahead and take all this and push it right down through this hole right here. Once you have it down in there, we're gonna get underneath the vehicle. One of the first things I always like to do is start with some nice new bulbs. Once you have some of them in there. Go ahead and plug these into the lens. Just got to get it lined up. Perfect. Now we're just gonna take this little tie off of here, we have our wiring. At this point, just take this and put it right down in there and go ahead and let it go right down to the ground if that's where it wants to go. If you wanted to, it's probably a great idea to tape off any of this wiring that might be flapping around just to try to make it nice and neat. We'll worry about that after. For now just gonna get all this wiring down in there. We'll just put our lens up here. Now I'm gonna start in a couple of those mounting screws just to hold the lens so it can't fall out.
Now we made our way underneath the vehicle. And if you grab onto that wiring harness, you're gonna notice it secured in several places. If you were to look right up here, you can see one of the supporting points. Just take a nice small pocket screwdriver or whatever you might have, get in between here and separate the two pieces. This should come right down. Do the same right on down the line all the way until you get to the end. Gonna keep on following that, it leads to this one right here. Go ahead and squeeze this tab and then draw it off. Let's get it out of here.
Now we'll just take this one and put it right back up through. Check your connector, make sure you don't see any funny colors inside there. If you see any corrosion, you need to either clean it or replace the unit. Let's go ahead and connect this in. Listen for a click and then give it a nice little tug just to make sure it's completely secured. Come up along here. We're gonna start reattaching all this in now. Go ahead and line it up, squeeze it, it should lock in. You don't want to leave this hanging.
Let's get this back off of here. Carefully pull it away. I'm just gonna go ahead and wrap up this wiring. At least just try to make it a little bit nicer. With that all set the way that it is, we're gonna carefully reset this back inside of here, should fit right in. You can see the bolt holes are lined up perfectly. Let's go ahead and install those bolts. All right, let's snug them up. Nice and tight. It's completely secured. Let's test it.
Go ahead and turn on your running lights. Make sure that works, step on the brake. That's great as well. And of course try your directionals you want to go left, want to go right, just to make sure all those lights work. Don't forget about reverse. Assuming all those looks good, you're good to go.
Tools used
Hammer
Phillips Head Screwdriver
1. Remove the tail light assembly
Remove the two screws securing the tail light.
Use a hammer to work the screws out with your Phillips screwdriver if they are rusted in there.
Take care not to strip the bolt.
Remove the tail light assembly.
Unplug the bulbs and wiring harness.
At this point you can service the bulbs or replace the tail light assembly completely.
If the screws are turning but not coming out, it means the clips have rusted out, so you can pull on the tail light while you unscrew it to get it loose.
2. Install the new tail light/serviced tail light assembly.
Plug in the bulbs and wiring harness into the tail light assembly.
Put the tail light assembly back into place.
Secure with the two screws and Phillips screwdriver.
Hi, I'm Mike from 1A Auto, I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video I'm going to show you how to service a tail light. This is a 2005 Silverado, pretty much the same as any '04 to '07 Silverado. We're going to show you both replacing a new tail light. If you've broken or damaged your old one you can get a great replacement from 1AAuto.com, and we also show you servicing the bulbs. You'll need a Phillips screwdriver, and you'll probably need a hammer if your truck if from up North like ours was and the clips have rusted on the backside some.
Tail lights on these vehicles, I've been guilty of it, they're susceptible to damage. I carry a lot of wood in my truck, and I've been known to load it up with wood, throw a piece and accidentally hit the tail light and wipe it out. It's pretty easy. All you need is a Phillips screwdriver. There are two screws, one here and one right down here. I'm going to get some good force in here to get them started. Sometimes these screws can be a little difficult. Put your screwdriver in; give it a couple of taps with the hammer. If that doesn't work, try twisting a little bit counter clockwise, and tap with the hammer at the same time. You just want to make sure that you don't strip the contact area where the screwdriver goes in. You might hear some stuff fall apart, that's the other thing that happens with this light, is the mounting points actually break.
The light comes right out, and if you're just looking to change a bulb you just untwist, they come out. Just twist counter clockwise until they come out. Sometimes what you get happening is the clips rust away, and usually you can solve that by just pulling out on the tail light while you're unscrewing. If you get the screws going and you notice that they're unscrewing but they're not really coming out, you can hear some crackling and crunching inside, that's usually because the clips have rusted away and you need to pull on the light while you work the screw out. I'll show you on this one once I get it out, here.
You can see, there's the clip that's rusted away, that's totally gone on that one. Your tail light from 1A Auto. You can see, just like the original there two tabs on the light that go in the holes in the bed of the pickup. Just install it just like you took it out. Put those tabs in there.
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