I've done it both ways. In my ep, i removed the panels to get to them. On my wife's cr-v i did it the quick way and broke the damn clip sooooo, lol I had to buy a new one + the stupid gasket... I tried to do it again the easy way on my si but for some reason it doesn't want to budge, and i really don't want to break another lens so i might keep doing it the long way lol. At least the panels in this car are a lot easier to remove than the ones in my cr-v...