WITHOUT having to take off rear bumper. It was a little bit tricky, but I didn't want to have to deal with the bumper removal.

Someone scraped the corner of my bumper with their vehicle....at the same time, it cracked the lens of my px side tail light.

Got a new one from Ebay, and here's the install with a few pics.

Hope this helps anyone who has to change that crap out.

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Step 1: Pop the trunk




Step 2:

Remove trunk lining to gain access to the spare tire








Step 3: Unscrew the "Grocery hook"...careful when pulling out. It popped me in the eyeball.






Step 4: Peel back trunk liner to gain access to the bulbs and the three screws that hold the lens housing in place;






Step 5: Unscrew the 3 screws that hold the housing in place. DO NOT DROP THE NUTS...LoL




Step 6: Once the 3 nuts have been removed, you can gently shimmy out the light.



Step 7: Tail light removed.



Step 8: Picture of new Ebay light. Its aftermarket, but you cannot tell the difference unless you look at the manufacturing numbers.



Step 9: Put new light in exactly how you took it out, and reverse your disassembly steps for re-assembly.

All done!! (don't forget to plug your bulbs back in too)