How to take the inner plastic door pannel off

[Kühl Carbon]

Ooooo, that whole billet door thing sounds nasty. Quite a bit of work I'd say.

To remove door trim, remove the screw behind the handle. Remove the silver painted plastic plate the screw held on. you will find two more screws that hold the bracket for the pull handle (the leather wrapped one) to the door. Remove those. I believe there are 7 two stage plastic fasteners that simply hold the trim to the sheet metal. Your dealer or a body shop has a "special tool" they use to remove them. It is simply a skinny crow bar they wedge between the edge of the trim and the sheet metal and "twist" or "pry" the trim off in the attachment areas .... if you pry a little you can kind of "see" where the trim stays stuck to the sheet metal. Once you pop one or two clips, you can get your fingers in there and just pull the panel away from the door.

A MAJOR word of caution here. DO NOT pull on the top edge of the map pocket to remove the door. It WILL crack and cannot be repaired. It is heat staked (permanently attached) and cannot be repaired if broken. You will need to replace the whole door trim panel.

The clips, as I said, are "two stage". Half of the clip is designed to be removed with the trim and the other half is designed to stay in the sheet metal. Do not be alamed because it seems that the clips are "broken", they are not.

Simply reverse the operation to re-install. There are two molded in plastic locators on the back of the door that protrude quite far. Start both of these and all of the clips should find their home naturally.

The procedure is the same for both front and rear doors.

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