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Removal Procedure

  1. Open the rear compartment.
  2. Using a wax pencil, mark the nut and the bolt locations on both the rear compartment lid and the vehicle body sides of the hinge being replaced.
  3. Remove the strut rod on the side of the hinge being replaced. Refer to Rear Compartment Lid Strut Replacement (Coupe/Sedan) 
    4. Fig 1: Identifying Rear Compartment Lid Hinges
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  4. Remove the nuts that secure the rear compartment lid hinge to the rear compartment lid.
    5. Fig 2: Identifying Rear Compartment Lid Hinge-To-Vehicle Body Fasteners
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  5. Remove the bolts that secure the rear compartment lid hinge to the vehicle body.
  6. Remove the rear compartment lid hinge.
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