Rear deck lid, how do you???
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06 CLS55 AMG
Rear deck lid, how do you???
Hey guys, before I go and begin to pull, snap and pry thing apart (hoping nothing breaks) does anyone have a basic "how to" on what's involved in getting the rear deck lid of? I want to access the rear speakers...
Any help would greatly be appreciated!
Any help would greatly be appreciated!
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From: Orange County, CA
2006 CLS55, 2005 Boxster-S
whatsup DG? i've been wondering the same thing. i recently got this clear blue ceramic tint installed this past weekend. on a clear window it adds a tinge of blue like our stock windows. but because our factory tint is 5% blue it made the windows look super blue. i blew $300 for some tint that i stripped within a couple days. anyways long story short - when the shop removed the film they left all kinds of water / adhesive mark residue on the window between the rear stop light housing and both bottom corners of the glass. Let me know when you find out how to remove the deck. sorry i'm no help....
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2006 Granite Grey CLS55
Deja Vu...
When I had my tint removed, I had all that adhesive **** all over the entire window. I work on cars every day, and removing that deck was one of the most annoying things I've ever done !
You basically gotta remove the rear center console, the bottom and back cushions, the C pillars and the headrests.... which are annoying as fawk, it's extremely hard getting the headrests out, there's a special release clip thats behind a whole bunch of sheet metal and you need to get a small pin to flip the lock to release the headrests... omg and then a whole lot more work with the shade... it's seriously a nightmare, took me about 9 hours to get it apart, clean the rear deck and the window and put it back together.
When I had my tint removed, I had all that adhesive **** all over the entire window. I work on cars every day, and removing that deck was one of the most annoying things I've ever done !
You basically gotta remove the rear center console, the bottom and back cushions, the C pillars and the headrests.... which are annoying as fawk, it's extremely hard getting the headrests out, there's a special release clip thats behind a whole bunch of sheet metal and you need to get a small pin to flip the lock to release the headrests... omg and then a whole lot more work with the shade... it's seriously a nightmare, took me about 9 hours to get it apart, clean the rear deck and the window and put it back together.
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Actually there is no need to remove the rear center console to get to the decklid. I have taken mine out twice and took about an hour each time.
1. Remove the rear seat cushion bottoms
2. Remove 3 screws at the bottom that hold on the seatback. One on each corner and one is in the middle, you can put a cloth on the rear center console and a cloth on the seatback so you dont scratch it to get to the middle screw. Then you can use a long screwdriver to get to this screw.
3. Push up on the seatback from the bottom to get it out from the hooks ontop
4. Remove rear headrests. This is definately a pain. Move headrests to the upright position and remove the plastic clips around the holes in the rear deck. You have to push a pin in to release the headrest. Its hard to explain, but its a black plastic thing that is shaped kinda like a "T" and you have to push the top of the T inward.
5. If you make it past step 4 then you will have to remove the C pillars which are clipped in place.
That should be it to access the rear deck. If you are trying to remove the rear deck you will need to also remove 4 screws from inside the trunk that hold in your rear window shade and then remove some electrical clips on the inside.
The hardest part of all this is removing the headrests, if you can get that then the rest of it takes less than an hour.
1. Remove the rear seat cushion bottoms
2. Remove 3 screws at the bottom that hold on the seatback. One on each corner and one is in the middle, you can put a cloth on the rear center console and a cloth on the seatback so you dont scratch it to get to the middle screw. Then you can use a long screwdriver to get to this screw.
3. Push up on the seatback from the bottom to get it out from the hooks ontop
4. Remove rear headrests. This is definately a pain. Move headrests to the upright position and remove the plastic clips around the holes in the rear deck. You have to push a pin in to release the headrest. Its hard to explain, but its a black plastic thing that is shaped kinda like a "T" and you have to push the top of the T inward.
5. If you make it past step 4 then you will have to remove the C pillars which are clipped in place.
That should be it to access the rear deck. If you are trying to remove the rear deck you will need to also remove 4 screws from inside the trunk that hold in your rear window shade and then remove some electrical clips on the inside.
The hardest part of all this is removing the headrests, if you can get that then the rest of it takes less than an hour.
