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    Default Rear cluster replacement - is it easy?

    As some of you know I smashed my offside rear light cluster (53 plate SRI) - so have ordered a replacement which will be with me tommorrow hopefully.

    Anyone know if its easy to replace - looking inside the boot in the cubby hole it appears to be secured with three screws - is it just a case of unscrewing these and pulling the cluster away, then unclipping the bulb holder out, and vice versa for the new one?

    Or is that not how it comes off and am I likely to enccounter any probs that anyone knows of?

    Cheers in advance

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    Hi mate,

    it's held in with 8mm nuts.. 4 of them to be precise... just unscrew them and pull the cluster back..

    there is enough slack in the wires to be able to disconnect it outside the car, rather than have to reach right round.

    it is easier to remove the boot liner on that side thou, as the inner nuts can be hard to locate through that cubby hole

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    It's the easiest mod you will do to be honest.

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    Can I correct you please Mark, 3 nuts mate. Also one of the nuts requires a bit of pressure against the boot liner to get a socket driver on it, and the other one up the top is a pig to get at.. I managed to use the right size socket on it with a little dumpy flat blade to stick in the end of it because the driver will not fit.

    Thats just my personal way of doing it.

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    I'll be corrected mate... anytime..

    I take the liner out so as not to drop any of the po%y nuts down into the vehicles frame.

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    Drop a nut or 2, doesnt fall down afaik, its flat and sealed... unless I'm wrong.

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    nope.. there's a hole..

    found it when i did my towbar... good thing VX sell the nuts seperatly..



    all went okay today at VX dean?


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    Ah my bad on the hole then, guess i musta missed. Was sitting there just about to do the paperwork for the courtesy car and she said Mr Plasma your not supposed to be here till tomorrow!!

    So off i went... On the plus side of things, cars quietened down nicely at the front end now mate. Well Happy Thanks for the help yesterday mate.


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    Quote Originally Posted by plasma
    Ah my bad on the hole then, guess i musta missed. Was sitting there just about to do the paperwork for the courtesy car and she said Mr Plasma your not supposed to be here till tomorrow!!
    What ya like!!!

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    So off i went... On the plus side of things, cars quietened down nicely at the front end now mate. Well Happy Thanks for the help yesterday mate.

    No worries mate.. glad you're sorted..

    now, back to dodgy rear light clusters..


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    cheers - as you lot said it was easy! - and I followed the advice to be carefull not to drop the nuts !!

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