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On my 01 it was easy. Three longplastic 13mm bolts and unplug the two bulbs for each taillight. You have to pull the carpet out of the way. On mine I removed the plastic rectangle plate between the the taillights inside the trunk(pops right out and back in)and removed a couple of plastic body panel retainers. I don`t know if an 02 is different but they should be very similiar anyway. They tend to leak so I would get new tailightgaskets while your at it.Good luck.