Bear with me, please--I posted this already in Tech but was hoping I might reach a few additional folks here on the Roadster section.

Re: Can't remove trunk liner-roadster - Today , 02:45 PM




Surely others have had to change the tail-light/brake-light bulb in a ROADSTER/CONVERTIBLE.

Yes, as I said in my original post, it is indeed possible to change the bulb without completely removing the side liner(s) but if I have to do it again in the future I would certainly like to be able to get that post/anchor off and take the liner all the way out. That way I can avoid being half-crippled for the next two days as my body tries to regain the shape it had before wedging myself in that tiny trunk and forcing my arm and shoulder to bend in ways nature never intended.

Why the designers couldn't have provided better access I don't know, but if I had ten cents for every bad word I said while doing the job, I could buy a nice handgun.

In the above by "post/anchor" I am referring to the steel cargo net (or some such) anchor at the top of each side's trunk liner. That is keeping me from removing the liner totally so as to gain easier access to the bulb. The plastic retaining clips I can get out. I don't know if that anchor is screwed, or bolted, or what, and do not want to mar or ruin it by forcing.

Thanks

 

Take out a few screws and the thing pries right out. There's about four or five. I think I only put back two just to make it easier to do the next time and I've done both sides. Not really a big deal. Ten minutes at the most for either side.

 

I replied in the other duplicate thread ... you must have missed it.

To change a tail-light bulb, forget about removing the trunk panels. Just activate the top-up-down switch until the tonneau panel is in the upright, vertical position. Stop.

Then just reach down in there and change the damn bulb!!