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Originally Posted by dеiтайожни
Doesn't look like torx to me... I only see 3 tiny slots, plus it feels like plastic. So...I think it's a clip or something similar.
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dеiтайожни you were right. I did find a torx that would spin it, but it would just spin. Later found out they were the self tapping sort of "don't undo" clips. Luckily I didn't destroy them. The metal was the super soft malleable kind that just reshaped every time I put a different tool in it.
Here's the key to getting in there for any of you who have this pop out from a powerful car wash or off roading and brushing a tree branch or something (yes it was that easy)....
Inside the door there is an outer door seal. That outer door seal is attached to a wheel well shaped piece of plastic. It has two screws in it. Take those out. Above that is a screw into metal but not through this plastic part. Loosen it or take it out.
This allowed me to get enough play in the outer plastic bevel piece to get a screw driver up in there from below to snap it back in.
I snapped it in once and it came back out. Did it again, and so far it stuck. I'm not sure that this is the final fix, but at least I know how now. There may be a little glue or something else involved if I end up doing this again.
No need to touch those ones in the wheel well edge that I pictured earlier.
Here are some pix:
Uppers:
Lower:
Now if someone could get me a photo like this of what the satellite antenna plug looks like, I'd be in business. I didn't have XM in factory, and put sirius in today. Using the included antenna today, ordered the xm to sirius converter, and hope to get that add on off the back of the roof by the door ASAP.
I'd also be happy to get rid of these chromie mirrors and door handles. Oh well. Just more work.
Thanks for the help and suggestions everyone, I got to the solution.