yeah, its pretty easy. alot easier than i thought anyway.
tools: 10mm box wrench, 10mm deep socket, 10mm standard socket, and a
small standard screwdriver.
1. climb under the rear fender and remove the 3 pairs of wires that go into the lamp housing. the bulbs are 3157 blade type so they are simple 1/4 twist sockets. when you twist the sockets out the bulbs will come out too. NOTE: the wire harness may also be loomed in a retaner, remove that too, but you dont have to dissconnect the cannon plug, you can just let it hang
2. remove the 10mm nut with box wrench
3. open tailgate, remove black service plug/cover, about 1 inch diameter, with standard screwdriver. careful not to damage when prying out.
4. remove 10mm nut with deep socket. dont worry if the nut falls off, it will fall through to the ground.
5. climb back under the fender and push the front portion of the assembly out about 1/4 inch until it "pops" out. DO NOT attempt to push all the way out. carefully pry with a wedge/lever if you have to. (then again who cares, your going to replace it anyway)
6. back to the service hole... using a standard socket, place the socket on the extension. insert it into the hole and guide it onto the bare bolt. apply pressure by pushing outward on the bolt until it "pops" out, about 1/4 inch. be sure to have your hand on the outer portion of the lamp assembly or it may fall out and hit the ground.
voila, its out.
mounting the lamp assembly is pretty self explanitory at that point.
you can use a shop vac to remove most of the dust from the lamp if need be.
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i installed 3157 LED bulbs in my tail lamps of my stepside about a month ago. i had to remove both sides to do the job. turns out the LED lights were a tad to large for the stock diameter bulbs to fit through. i had to dremel the holes just abit. left a heck of a mess of plastic debris inside the tail lamp housing. i used a shop vac to suck it all out from one of the bulb holes.
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love my LEDs. :tu: :tu: :tu: