You don't have to take the full hood off, as the plugs can be accessed through the opening when the right side panel is off. Saves the hassle of the full hood removal; but this is tight though, and it is a bit hard to get the leverage to first pull up the cylindrical wire connectors to access the plugs, particularly on the leftmost one as it is furthest away. Similarly, after the change, pushing those connectors back right down tight can be tough too doing it this way, but overall this is probably the easiest / quickest way once you get the hang of it. When actually changing the plugs, I use electrical tape and tape the spark plug socket to a short socket extension so as to avoid the socket coming off the tool down in the plug hole.