'96 850 wagon tailgate repair?

Jan 16, 2005 3 Replies
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Looks like something bad happened to my 850 Wagon in a parking lot.



The driver side lower light is broken and the tailgate has a large but shallow dent.



I bought a new tail light off of eBay. Is there a website that explains exactly how to swap out the old one and put in the new one?



Also any ideas on how much it would cost to get a tailgait dent repaired? (I'm in upstate NY)



It almost looks like you could take the inside panel off and pound out the dent from the inside.



Any advice/comments would be appreciated.


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J

If the paint is ok they have paintless dent removal services, I've heard they work ok in some situations. If the paint is damaged then a body shop will repaint the whole panel, that's a few hundred bucks.

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M

It'll be fairly easy to figure out how the taillight comes off once you have the new one. There's just a few nuts that are accessible from inside after removing the bulb changing cover and one floor panel.

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