'96 850 Tailgate - removal?

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Atif I. Chaudhry - 30 Mar 2005 21:37 GMT

Someone hit my parked 850 wagon and put a big dent in the tailgate.

The estimate to repair it is about $480 which is for removing trim,
pounding out all dents from inside and completely repainting it.

Alteratively I have found a used tailgate in the same color which I can
get for $380.

How difficult is it to remove and swap a tailgate? The glass on the
used tailgate is better than my original glass. The original glass
seems to have some light scratching at the top from the windshield
wiper.

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Mike F - 31 Mar 2005 14:21 GMT

> Someone hit my parked 850 wagon and put a big dent in the tailgate.
>
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> seems to have some light scratching at the top from the windshield
> wiper.

I've never done one, but it doesn't look hard. There's a couple of
screws on each side holding the tailgate to the hinge arm. One thing
Volvo has done is made the electrical disconnections at the doors easy,
I'd assume that the connections at the tailgate are as simple, and will
be obvious once the rear panel on the inside of the roof is removed.

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