Estate rear brake light removal help.

[86catalin]

This is just a quick question, i'm very new around, so sorry if i didn't post in the correct section but i have a small question. I have a 2014 Superb MK II Estate and i need to remove the rear light assembly. I've seen the conversion guide for the twindoor version, is anything different in this case ? I only see one plastic cap though. Is anything else i should be aware of ?

 

[86catalin]

Any ideas?

[Solarstorm]

The large black plastic cover pops off and reveals two screws holding the light cluster in place

 

The 'lump' part that sticks out; doesn't come off; the black plastic cover sits around it

[silver1011]

Here you go.

 

Fast forward to 9 minutes 10 seconds. This is for the MkIII Octavia estate but the principle is all but identical.

 

You need the tool out of the spare wheel kit...

 

 

[Bigbadpod]

Actually you don't need the tool ^ , I've just done mine and it's 2 torx bolts under the wee caps. After watching the above video and spending ages looking for the tool....🙄😁 which begs the question, what's the tool for?

[chimaera]

56 minutes ago, Bigbadpod said:

Actually you don't need the tool ^ , I've just done mine and it's 2 torx bolts under the wee caps. After watching the above video and spending ages looking for the tool....🙄😁 which begs the question, what's the tool for?

It's a T25 Torx driver that comes with the breakdown kit in the boot.

[silver1011]

The tool is used to remove the "wee caps" 

 

You can see it here in fig. A...

 

 

Under which are the two Torx screws, fig. B.

 

However, it varies between pre-facelift and facelift.

 

Pre-facelift is as in my picture below, no "wee cap", but instead two smaller plastic caps covering the same two Torx screws. The Twindoor is pictured, but the same principal applies to the estate...

 

 

 

 

If you have the facelift, as per the OP, and need to remove the large plastic cap, then this is when the tool from the vehicle tool kit is useful, item no.5 to remove the cap, as per the video I posted earlier, then item no.2 to remove the Torx screws...

 

 

Edited 21 June, 2019 by silver1011

[Bigbadpod]

Very informative, thanks. Although your diagram above states that tool no.5 is for removing wheel trims. Hey ho. I used a screwdriver for the caps, same as you. Cheers bud.

[silver1011]

No.5 has several purposes. Older Skoda's had caps that covered all the wheel bolts so the tool was designed to remove the cap.

 

On the Karoq and Kodiaq it is used to remove an access panel on the inner wheelarch liners to access the front fog light bulbs.