Re: Tail light cover screws

["David Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

Keep in mind that the screws go into aluminum anchors set into the 
plastic facia - similar to expansion anchors that you use in drywall. 
These similar to the riv-nuts that are used into the fiberglass all 
over the car. If you try and reverse them out you will probably just 
end up with about a 1/2" hole ripped or melted into the facia under 
each screw location. 

It's probably best to drill out the heads of the screws, remove the 
light assemblies, then carefully re-tap the aluminum anchors or 
replace them with Molly Bolts (Drywall anchors) or something similar. 

For everyone else, even if your screws are still in good shape, this 
is a great application for some anti-sieze compound since you are 
putting steel screws into aluminum anchors. I use anti-sieze on 
anything going into the aluminum body rivnuts.

Dave Swingle