How to change the tail light bulbs on a 2003 Mitsubishi eclipse?

Answer 1

Not hard, once you know what to remove.Inside the trunk, there is a panel covering access to the back of the brake light. Remove this cover. All you will see is a lot of metal, but you're in the right place. There will be three nuts holding the tail light in place. One will be visible near the electrical connector. Another will be halfway along the tail light towards the top, and then another on the far side. Small wrenches apply - there's not much room on the last two nuts.

The electrical connecter is suppose to come off, however given the force I would have needed to use, I chose to leave it connected; I still had enough wire to maneuver.

Once the nuts are removed, the whole brake light encasement will pull straight out, giving access to the bulbs. Turn each counter-clockwise to access.

As a side note - I found access to my trunk lock mechanism in here as well; something that had broken some time ago but wasn't enough of a problem to have fixed.

***To remove the electrical connecter take a flathead screwdriver and push down the latch under the electrical connecter.