Does anyone know how to remover the outer (left) tail light housing on a 2005 hybrid.
I unscrewed the 3 nuts but the housing does not come out.
Does the bumper have to be removed?

Any help would be appreciated

 

yup, bumper needs to be removed, and welcome to HAF

 

There's a bracket underneath the lamp. The bumper picture shows some fasteners, but doesn't really show the exact location & quantity of ALL them.

 

Thanks for that. What I thought would be a 5 minute job turns out to be a weekend project then

 

Yeah, I've never understood why it should be socially unacceptable for any fasteners to be visible.

 

It was indeed not too bad of a job
3 bolts in each fender well, 2 on the bottom and twobehind the lid.
There is indeed a bracket.
Once you unbolt the bracket the unit slides out and it is all easy from there.
Now I just have to get the scratch on the bumper fixed
Again thanks for the help

 

Its a simple process which you can easily find on several related websites.