mrod81

ok so after looking online and buying door pins that dont sit flush because MB decided they would design the top part of the door at an angle and since no one seems to be making door pins specifically for this door including the dealer (AMG pins or the Brabus dont sit flush either...close but not flush) i decided to take matters into my own hands...im sure someone here has done this prior to me but i did a search and didnt find anything...

it took all of ten min including paint drying time and best of all it was free...let me know what you guys think!

andy_meng1024

Pretty cool idea. Did you just cut it and paint over it?

Samieee

The pins are solid?

Savage c-300

Cool. That's one way of dealing with the door pins!

mrod81

Yeah just cut and used a dremel to smooth it out and set the angle, painted it and called it a day.

yeah, they are the original ones that were on the door.

Thanks! I got tired of stabbing my arm every time i tried to rest my arm there.

Samieee

The pins are twisted off correct?

mrod81

yup...they are screwed in pretty tight.

jctevere

Great mod, I just might do this! Note, the front ones twist off, the rear ones don't In order to replace the rear ones you need to take the door panel off. But this mod doesn't have to be done to the rear ones, they are far up front and out of the way. It just might look a bit weird having two different door pins.

mrod81

Thanks...the rears just popped off(literally popped off) so i did those too...didnt need to take the door apart at all one thing though...when i put them back on they wouldnt stay on they would come out really easy so i used a drop of glue to keep them on and that was that...i was actually considering capping them like one of the members did ( https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...installed.html ) but i like how they all look exactly the same now.

Bluewater41

I have the AMG door pins but haven't installed them yet. I went to try to unscrew the front door pins and they just kept twisting, not feeling like they were unscrewing at all, more of a little pop at the end of each rotation...do I just have to keep working these things???

zankok

strange, my stock door pins sits flush when locked :O

Glyn M Ruck

Standard SA pins sit flush when locked.

mrod81

just keep unscrewing until they come out...

mrod81

Standard "SA" ? what is SA?

dynomite05

South Africa

Rogwp

If I remove the front door pins can I cut at the base to make them shorter, so that they fit flush when the door is locked, or do I need to cut the top off, as in the OP of this thread?

masterstudent

Great job

mrod81

cut from the top.

NJBNZ

Will definitely be doing this ASAP. I hate stabbing my arm with the door pins

Kvn22

Thanks for the post man. Cool mod.

lickem66

has anyone measure how much to cut off?

NJBNZ

Just lock the doors and make a mark on the pin that is flush with the door panel

M-bENZ

just want to show off my pin too and it doesnt looks flushed like your but i can live with that .

Andy

dynomite05

They look great Andy!

mrod81

thats how i did it...use a razor for the initial cut and then use a dremel or a fine file to smooth out the edges

Looks cool

No problem...my arm/elbow couldnt take getting stabbed any longer