If you have an adjustable steering wheel, put it all the way down and back (toward the driver) before you do anything else. This will give you room to remove the panel.

Either get the factory tools or make your own. For the latter, use two pieces of coat-hanger wire or similar, about six inches long, with a loop on one end for your finger, and a 1/4" (6mm) hook bent at 90 degrees at the other.

Insert these hooks beside the panel on each side. Pull alternatively (not both at once) to unclip the panel from the dashboard. It's a friction fit. Once the clips are released, pull both of the hooks gently toward you and remove the dash.

There is just enough room to move the panel toward the driver's door and invert it to get to the lamps, without disconnecting either of the connectors at the instrument panel. I'd replace all the lamps except the red ones on the multifunction indicator (odometer), which don't run very often.

DO NOT disconnect either of the connectors with the ignition switch turned on, and DO NOT turn the ignition on with either of the connectors removed.