I pulled all seven of them from my hardtop to change from incandescent to LED "bulbs." It took a little persuasion with a putty knife to pop them out, but nothing extravgant. It begins to sound to my like some fool used a sealant/adhesive on them or jammed them into a nearly too-small hole. If you do get them out and replace with LEDs, be sure to check for radio interference by turning on the VHF with squelch turned to just the point where static stops and then turning on the LEDs. If the radio static then returns, your LEDs need to be left off when using the radio or some farther electronics magic needs to be installed including shifting to another brand of LED. I have separate swithes for the four lights aft and the three across the forward part of the hardtop. Aft white, forwards red.