JohnnyRock

Does anyone know how to pull this part off without breaking things up?



I'm talking about the bare metal part that the wood trim attaches to. I plan on wrapping the trim in CF, but am I missing some tabs that need to be replaced? The back of my piece of wood trim is smooth. I'm thinking some mounting tabs broke off?

m a x i m u s

um, lol, that metal piece was supposed to stay attached to the wood trim, there are black plastic pegs attached to the back of it. if you remove the door panel, you can carefully clip off the metal clips holding the plastic pins in place. as for this one, i would now maybe just wrap the wood and then glue it back onto the metal piece.

JohnnyRock

Next question: How do I pull off the door panel? Is there a DIY on here somewhere?

m a x i m u s

i just figured it out myself, but im sure there are some DIY's somewhere out there. basically you have to remove a bunch of screws, such as behind the door latch, behind the door handle (the cover part pulls off to expose the screws), etc. then, just gently pull the panel off, which is held in place by tabs around the edges.

nd4spd13

http://www.202tech.com/howto/doorpanel.html

There will be one behind the SRS little plastic cover, and I believe that's all that's different between the pre and post-facelifts. In terms of the trim, you have to pry off the circular tabs off the back of the piece. I'd look for a new piece of trim, as I imagine gluing that back and getting it to look stock will be tough.

JohnnyRock

Thanks for this! I'll be tackling this soon, I'll let you know how it goes....