one of my number plate lights blew out. so i had to take them off aswell, I just propped them out with a screw driver and then you will understand how to re-use them
Have you ever used the search button. It's here.. http://www.ukstarletclub.com/forums/index.php?act=search Maybe you should add it to your faviourites.
erm, your car will be silent! and make no noise atall when you put your foot down, mine doesn't anyway. the only noise my car makes is parcel shelf rattling and the hks air filter. sometimes at idle you can't even hear the engine
did you check all the fuses, as in the ones under the bonnet aswell? and under the steering. Secondly are the bulbs blown? last - take dash apart and see if you fried some wires? My friends (my ex starlet) rear lights all apart from brakes and indicators stopped working and dash lights. We had to take the dash out and do some rewiring because the wires had just fried and were just naked touching each other.