Door pins are useless, Can i remove the door pins?
09-08-2010, 08:39 PM
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Door pins are useless, Can i remove the door pins?
Can i remove the door pins? honestly i see no apparent use for them and all my old cars(BMW 530i, audi a5) never had door pins, well the BMW did but still i never used them. im contemplating getting rid of them any ideas why i shouldn't?? and if i do does anyone know of a plastic cover out there that i can use to cover the hole?
09-08-2010, 10:29 PM
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My R32 had a red dot there. It is a lot better than ours. There are a few threads on here about it, couldn't find it but give it a try. Also, the other day I was on the mbusa website and I saw they offer AMG pins, which look a bit smaller but not completely gone.
09-09-2010, 01:16 PM
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ya i get what your saying. i decided to completly remove them have you seen and plastic covers to cover the holes?
09-09-2010, 02:58 PM
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I have the AMG pins, and they do sit flush when locked.
09-09-2010, 07:11 PM
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I had my rear doorpins removed and plugged (rarely ever have anyone sitting in the back). After 2 broken doorpins in the rear I decided to just get rid of them. A member here on the site Aowhaus helped me make some doorpin plugs that he made for his own car.
Check out the thread:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...door-pins.html
Its funny though now that I don't have the doorpins in the rear and have friends sitting in the back, they always say "unlock the door!" or "child safety must be on" hahaha.
Hope that helps bud. Enjoy
Check out the thread:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...door-pins.html
Its funny though now that I don't have the doorpins in the rear and have friends sitting in the back, they always say "unlock the door!" or "child safety must be on" hahaha.
Hope that helps bud. Enjoy
09-09-2010, 07:46 PM
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yes you can replace the door pin with shorter ones. it was a US regulation that forced manufacturers to make these type of door pins so the passenger is able to unlock the door in emergency situation.
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Can i remove the door pins? honestly i see no apparent use for them and all my old cars(BMW 530i, audi a5) never had door pins, well the BMW did but still i never used them. im contemplating getting rid of them any ideas why i shouldn't?? and if i do does anyone know of a plastic cover out there that i can use to cover the hole?
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09-11-2010, 07:00 PM
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So after some research and some advise from all you good folks i made my descision and acted on it here are the final pics of the finished product front and back. considering i did it my self i think they look great 
heres the back :
heres the front unlocked:
Heres the front locked:
as you can see it sits flush so its alot more comftabe
i did haveto trim the pins a little in order to get them completely flush the pins were 20$$ on ebay.
heres the back :
heres the front unlocked:
Heres the front locked:
as you can see it sits flush so its alot more comftabe
i did haveto trim the pins a little in order to get them completely flush the pins were 20$$ on ebay.
