New Combi Tail Light Clusted Installed

[Mike Brennan]

KNew Combi Tail Light Cluster

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Somehow it got smashed on our 09 Combi.
Found a used one for 175.00 off of a 2011 from a junk yard.
It's only 4 of the most difficult bolts on a car to get out and put back in, but it was done. The Wis only has instructions for the left side. Odd.

[Digger]

Getting the combi tail light out is not an easy job, did you take pictures for that up coming tutorial?

[Mike Brennan]

No pictures. Once you open up the access panels it’s pretty easy. Just need a 10 mm socket and a 10” extension. Plus a 10 mm flat ratcheting spammer (box end) to get up to the highest bolt. Lots of rags inserted to catch them if you drop one on the way out. On the one where I used the extension I taped the bolt to the socket because you can’t puta rag in there and if it falls it’s gone

[Digger]

That top nut is a tough one to crack. For holding those 10mm in the socket I use a super strong magnet from an old cell phone holster, push the magnet to the end of the socket and those little nuts and bolts don't fall off. My combi came with a dent in the pillar right next to the top tail light edge, real stand out spot, especially on a black car. Even with the light out of the way, there was no room to spoon it flat from the inside and ended up using the glue stick to pull it from the outside. If it had occurred to me at the time that there would be people here needing help figuring out how to pull upholstery, I would have taken pictures.