Taking out the taillight

I spotted rust around the taillights and I want to fix it. I thought this would be a easy fun job. Little did I know...

I took the back of the light off first. This was a bit stuck as well. No idea if that's supposed to be stuck or glued or whatever...

The rubber gasket that sits between the metal and the light was stuck to everything. It took me 30 minutes of gentle pushing and poking before the actual light let go. You wanna be careful and not push too hard or it might break...

The gasket was old and stuck.

Stuck everywhere but particularly in spots with rust.

I pulled it out but some rust was pulled out along with it. I wasn't expecting the rust to be this bad. The gasket itself is in bad shape as well. I need new ones...

You couldn't see this from the outside. Underneath the gasket there was a lot of rust. When I removed the gasket, it pulled out rust along with it and now the edge of the hole that the taillight sits in is pretty screwed...

Well, I wanted a project car, I got one now! ;-)

TO BE CONTINUED!