Replacing rear taillamp lens

Tesseract · 06-13-2005, 05:07 PM

I had the misfortunate of backing into the bikerack hanging off another car this weekend. :cry: The bikerack bar hit right in the center of the driver's side rear taillamp, leaving a nice puncture wound in the middle of it.

I have the replacement lens on order, but I was wondering if anyone knows how difficult it is to replace the taillamp lens assembly on one's lonesome?

DanMan32 · 06-13-2005, 08:31 PM

Not hard, two nuts and 2 pins on each assembly.

Tesseract · 06-14-2005, 09:43 AM

Cool...I'll give it a try tonight. Thanks!

DanMan32 · 06-14-2005, 10:05 AM

I went to feel for those nuts, you may want to take out the felt shroud, and not just the lamp access hole. Getting to the nuts is not very close to the lamp access opening.

I did feel for, and find what felt like one push retainer. The one that you push in the center pin, and then the whole retainer can be pulled out. The repair manual indicates there is supposed to be two.
Also the repair manual doesn't mention the weather stripping, which when I felt around, there obviously was one.

Still, if you can add an XM or something like that, you should be able to replace the taillamp assembly.

G Sel · 11-27-2008, 06:36 AM

How do you take out the "felt shroud"?

06-13-2005, 05:07 PM	#1
Tesseract Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 22 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Replacing rear taillamp lens I had the misfortunate of backing into the bikerack hanging off another car this weekend. :cry: The bikerack bar hit right in the center of the driver's side rear taillamp, leaving a nice puncture wound in the middle of it. I have the replacement lens on order, but I was wondering if anyone knows how difficult it is to replace the taillamp lens assembly on one's lonesome?

06-14-2005, 09:43 AM	#3
Tesseract Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 22 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Replacing rear taillamp lens Cool...I'll give it a try tonight. Thanks!

11-27-2008, 06:36 AM	#5
G Sel Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: USA Posts: 1 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: N/A Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Replacing rear taillamp lens How do you take out the "felt shroud"?

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06-13-2005, 08:31 PM	#2
DanMan32 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 3,775 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Not hard, two nuts and 2 pins on each assembly.

06-14-2005, 10:05 AM	#4
DanMan32 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 3,775 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I went to feel for those nuts, you may want to take out the felt shroud, and not just the lamp access hole. Getting to the nuts is not very close to the lamp access opening. I did feel for, and find what felt like one push retainer. The one that you push in the center pin, and then the whole retainer can be pulled out. The repair manual indicates there is supposed to be two. Also the repair manual doesn't mention the weather stripping, which when I felt around, there obviously was one. Still, if you can add an XM or something like that, you should be able to replace the taillamp assembly.