Front just screwed in. Rear - drilled out, shortened and epoxied. Piece a cake

Front open:



Rear open:



Front closed:


Rear closed:

 

How did you drill out the rears exactly?

 

LADA hahaha I remember those. They looked like screws (with screw hat and a cross screwdriver fitment)
FYI LADA is a Russian made car, the doors can be easily open with a fork

 

Take the pin. Get a piece of semi-hard rubber. Wrap around the pin. Place it in the vise. Get a drill bit one size bigger that thread inside. Drill out threads. Get even bigger drill bit. Repeat. Now it should fit the plastic peg that's sticking out. But it sticks out too far. Get a hack saw and cut off about 1 cm of the bottom (it depends how long the pins are and I guess it's vary, so it's better measure it yourself.) After all is measured get a 5 min epoxy. Mix it. Fill the pins with it. Wait a bit until it no longer flows, epoxy that is. Insert pins. DO NOT SMEAR EPOXY ON YOUR HANDS, DOORS, GLASS, ETC. Wait for 2 hours. DONE. IF you do drop epoxy on something IMMEDIATELY use a microfiber soaked with Isopropyl 70% to clean it up. If you are afraid to use Epoxy I guess silicone glue will work as well, just need more time to dry out.

 

which ones were these? ebay?

 

Yes,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MERCE...ht_1584wt_1223

But some of them are too thick for some reason.

https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...ml#post3548091

 

This might be a stupid question, but is there any scenario where you could be trapped in your car with these pins? I'm assuming that when you pull the inside door handle when the car is locked, the door is unlocked mechanically. However, if the door is unlocked electronically I wouldn't like to have pins in my doors that I can't physically unlock if need be.

 

I bet noone ever thought about that before. My guess wud be in that right moment your basically ****ed.

 

I thought about it. But then I've looked at my Audi A3 doors and there NO DOOR PINS at all!

 

For emergencies.

 

i cant recall if the pins pop open wen you pull the door handle - it does on bmw's since you cant physically pull them up