How do I install interior tailight cover in SX/4?

[priya]

I struggled trying to install the interior panel that covers the tailights in my SX/4 today and I'm not too happy with the results so far.  I have both quarter panel covers in place, one had a crack my husband had repaired but when I was trying to install the rear tailight panel I broke the quarter panel cover in the same place:



I never did get the tailight cover in place as it seems too tight to slide between the quarter panel covers.  Is the tailight cover supposed to go in place before the quarter panel covers or is there some trick to installing this?  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[shanebo]

Ive never had the liberty of doing that on an SX4...is it 2 seperate pieces like the wagons or a 1 piece thing?

[priya]

It's one piece.

[shanebo]

Im trying to think of who else has an sx4 here...The only person that comes to mind is Doug (Iowa Eagle) ....If I come across any possible info before someone else chimes in Ill be sure to let ya know

[priya]

23 views and no one on here has removed and replaced this piece in an SX/4?

[mudkicker715]

Sorry. I view to chechk to see the fluff (hijacjks that are always out there) gives me a giggle how a thread starts than ends up.

For the life of me haha the one I dealt with cannot remember js.

You just did it but BUMP.

[68AMXGOPAC]

23 views and no one on here has removed and replaced this piece in an SX/4?

I took the parts off of the old parts SX/4 , but don't remember how, and the Money Pit II , has all the parts off it right now and stashed away.( still haven't put the full interior back in after jacking the roof back up and replaceing the hatch....) . sorry

[Draekon]

I've removed and replaced mine a couple times, but don't remember any special tricks.  It didn't really want to go it, but eventually it slid into the right place.

Sorry I can't be of any real help.

[priya]

I got it in guys and girls.  I'm not sure exactly what I did differently but I wiggled and pushed and it went into place without further cracking on the quarter panel covers.

Thanks to those who tried to help.

[mudkicker715]

Thats about it wiggle wiggle. Tube snake boogie (zz top)

[priya]

I think the trick was to place it evenly inside the hatch opening a foot or two away from the tailights and then tilt the bottom of the panel towards the tailights, slide the bottom into the recess between the gas tank hump and the foor in front of the tailights, then tilt the top of the panel towards the tailights while easing the edges of the tailight cover into the quarter panel recesses shown in the picture above.  I think I cracked the one quarter panel cover because I tried to initially slide the tailight cover directly down into the quarter panel recesses from outside the car with the left side of the tailight cover tilted down and the right side tilted up - I got the left side into place but when I tried to lower the right edge of the tailight cover into the passenger side quarter panel cover recess the cockeyed angle pushed the driver's side quarter panel cover outwards and broke it.

[eaglefreek]

The plastic gets brittle after all these years and makes it more difficult to get the parts back in place with out damage. I sneezed once and I broke the package tray in my Eagle. 

[vangremlin]

The plastic gets brittle after all these years and makes it more difficult to get the parts back in place with out damage. I sneezed once and I broke the package tray in my Eagle. 

That must have been one heck of a sneeze!!!

[85AmCfreak]

The plastic gets brittle after all these years and makes it more difficult to get the parts back in place with out damage. I sneezed once and I broke the package tray in my Eagle. 

LMAO

[shaggimo]

I haven't actually got around to putting those peices back on the sx/4 yet  . Is it possible to put the back piece on first, I can't remember how they came off? I do remember it was necessary to take one off before the other though, lol.