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is it a spoiler off job to change 3rd brake light?

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celica:
i've read dealer have to take spoiler off for this, which means cutting the bond off just to change 3rd brake light!!

if it is not a great design

v2brett:
i think it is mate i had mine done about a year ago there screwed into the spoiler from the inside iirc,  theres a thread on here somewhere and a member has managed to change his without pulling the spoiler off

celica:
what a rubbish design

mines out of warranty ( i think) but wouldn't trust a dealer to do it anyway
i guess why i read some people with broken ones just leave it

mine has some condensation, but i'll live with it

v2brett:
yeah if its out of warranty and still working id leave it too, mine was only just working very dull so had to be done.  someone was going to try and drill a small hole in it to release the moisture, im not sure how this went though

ub7rm:
Allegedly yes it is a spoiler off job.  Worse than that, apparantly the original spoiler is broken in the process so its a new spoiler + spraying.

I was quoted just shy of £400 for this.  But I did manage to get goodwill from VW for 50% so if you have a full VW service history etc its worth a shot.

There was a chap on the other forum who bought a car with a dodgy rear light so he took it back to the dealer and they managed to replace it without removing the spoiler.  They just carefully broke the old one out and glued a new one in place.

In a month or so I will be trying this myself.  If it all goes tits up then I'm no worse off as my light is now completely FUBAR and it needs done anyway but if I can do it myself its £200 in my pocket, not VW's!

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