Inside door panels
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Inside door panels
I'm replacing my door hinges tomorrow and last night attempted to take off door panel without using a trim tool, mistake. I tore a couple of the clips from the panel then went to harbor freight and got a trim tool set.
Are there tips or tricks that anyone can offer up so I do as little damage to the panels as possible?
Also I bought the wrong side hinges on my first buy, didn't look closely at the pics and bought passenger when I needed driver side. Anyway if somebody is looking for passenger side hinges I have a pair to sell for what I paid $30 for the pair plus shipping which I think was $15. PM me if you're interested.
Are there tips or tricks that anyone can offer up so I do as little damage to the panels as possible?
Also I bought the wrong side hinges on my first buy, didn't look closely at the pics and bought passenger when I needed driver side. Anyway if somebody is looking for passenger side hinges I have a pair to sell for what I paid $30 for the pair plus shipping which I think was $15. PM me if you're interested.
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I was once going to install the nicer inner door panels until I tried removing s few at the pnp and could not see a ez way to remove them with out scratching the hell out of the paint. So just kept my plain ones that are held on by screws..
You might try using a putty knife under you removing tool so you don't damage
the paint, is all, I can think of. orich
You might try using a putty knife under you removing tool so you don't damage
the paint, is all, I can think of. orich
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The paint isn't a real problem for now. I just can't figure out which one of the tooks to use on these clips. I've never seen clips .like this. My 64 was easy I just had to paint there was no panel to remove
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The panels look like vinyl/plastic with a stitched type pattern. The vinyl is mounted to a thin fiberboard that attaches to the door with clips. It looks like the clips are glued under the surface of the fiberboard. I'm used to clips that will slip up and out or pop straight out without using a trim tool. I bought a set of the tools I don't want to destroy the panels.
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All the ones I've seen go straight and pop in & out. But they some
seem to get tight from being in their for so long. This what I've come a cross myself and most the time the one's affixed to the cover panels pull out and get F'ed.\
Don't know if a guy could use a hot glue gun to repair them or not..
Good enough to reuse the whole panels again.. \
That's all I can say good luck pulling them off.
May be you could use a little shot of wd40 on those clips where they pop in with the little red spray tube that comes with a new can when you buy a can..
orich
seem to get tight from being in their for so long. This what I've come a cross myself and most the time the one's affixed to the cover panels pull out and get F'ed.\
Don't know if a guy could use a hot glue gun to repair them or not..
Good enough to reuse the whole panels again.. \
That's all I can say good luck pulling them off.
May be you could use a little shot of wd40 on those clips where they pop in with the little red spray tube that comes with a new can when you buy a can..
orich
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If your doors have a panel that is held on by screws, and your upholstered panel is pinned to this panel, remove the appx 1 inch stainless/black inner door trim panel, remove the screws, take the larger access panel off, then flip it over and push on the pins that hold the upholstered panel to the access panel.
This will remove the smaller panel and show you that the clips or pins for it are actually sitting in a recess in the fiber board the upholstery is glued to.
This will remove the smaller panel and show you that the clips or pins for it are actually sitting in a recess in the fiber board the upholstery is glued to.
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That looks like it would work better than the plastic trim tool set I bought at harbor freight.
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for the cheapo door panels you need the spreader type any pry type only pulls the clip out of the panel destroying the panel . i went thru many mustang door panels till i found this tool.
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