There's definitely a light above the front ashtray of our 2000 volvo v70 xc. But I'll be darned if I can figure out how to remove the old bulb. Any advice?

I did the same thing, but made the spring rods using 1 inch dowels, and 1 inch ID PVC. Used about a foot of PVC as a sleeve. Nailed and glued one dowel about a third of the way in, then added a spring and a second dowel.

To keep the second dowel from coming out, I drilled, dremeled and filed a ...