Removal of rear light cluster

[steveos3]

Hi all,
Had a mate follow me the other night, he then told me that my indicators have turned white, so i know that the orange film flakes off the bulb so i'll get a couple tommorrow, but how the hell do you get the light cluster off to get to change the bulb!!
Hope someone can help
Steve

 

[quattrojames]

There is a small (10p?) sized plastic grommet in the trim inside the boot liner adjacent to the rear light. Pop this off and inside is a screw (Torx or Philips I cant remember) - needs quite a long screw driver from memory, but undo this and the light should pull out. It needs to be slid out carefully as it's in some special slots. I can't remember if the screw is captured so don't drop it!

It might be slightly different between saloon and avant, but the gist is the same!

 

[J7USS]

yeah dont let the screw drop out and fall actually down the hole....never did find mine!

 

[steveos3]

right all makes sense, thanks very much

 

[BahnStormer77]

it's Philips (cross-head)... I'd recommend a low-torque electric screw-driver with a magnetic head.... that's about as complicated as I can make it... really is just the one little plug with one screw behind it and make sure you catch the screw once it's loosened and the headlight unit....

 

[steveos3]

job done, didnt drop the bolt, but can see what you mean, thanks for your advice and help.