1995 C 180 door trim removal

[cuparboy]

Hi. I am about to remove the door trim from both the offside rear and both front doors on my 1995 C 180. Are there any known pratfalls that I should avoid?

 

[Dec]

Get 3 or 4 spare nylon door pegs from dealer as some will break, see bottom left of photo, and a spoon and knife from your kitchen to pries out the card to release the pegs, don’t use excessive force.Front is much the same as back.

When you have done 1 to 5 lifte card upwards as white arrows and seperate the two horizontal lever rods.

Dec

 

[cuparboy]

That's brilliant.

Thanks very much, Dec.

 

[bigasotonuk]

Hi,
To all forum admins/moderators how about posting Decs attachment (thumbnail) with suitable credit of course in the D.I.Y. Sticky section.

 

[cuparboy]

Hi,
To all forum admins/moderators how about posting Decs attachment (thumbnail) with suitable credit of course in the D.I.Y. Sticky section.

I'll second that suggestion

 

[television]

Special tools can now be purchased for this job for £2 it is a flat blade with a V out of the center, with this tool you will never damage a door card or clip again

 

[Dec]

Would you happen to have a picture of that tool Malcolm or could you get one?

With regard to that picture I posted, it is part of a set of 6 or 7 I was doing regarding removal of a rear window regolator but never did finish it...yet. I thought it might be useful to cuparboy, I wonder what he is up to?

Dec

 

[anyweb]

Hi,
To all forum admins/moderators how about posting Decs attachment (thumbnail) with suitable credit of course in the D.I.Y. Sticky section.

ok i've copied the whole post including the pic as it wouldnt make sense otherwise.

 

[anyweb]

Special tools can now be purchased for this job for £2 it is a flat blade with a V out of the center, with this tool you will never damage a door card or clip again

i actually bought one of them from ebay, and i havn't tried it yet, but yes its in a V shape (on the end of what looks like a screwdriver)

the V end though looks quite thick, but one day I will test it as the speakers are cracking a bit and i was thinking about sticking some glue in the cracks.

cheers
anyweb

 

[television]

I can do this in the morning, if I wake up

 

[anyweb]

Would you happen to have a picture of that tool Malcolm or could you get one?

With regard to that picture I posted, it is part of a set of 6 or 7 I was doing regarding removal of a rear window regolator but never did finish it...yet. I thought it might be useful to cuparboy, I wonder what he is up to?

Dec

here's one

 

[anyweb]

With regard to that picture I posted, it is part of a set of 6 or 7 I was doing regarding removal of a rear window regolator but never did finish it...yet.

Dec

please finish it ! we'd love to see it and I will post it in the DIY section

 

[Dec]

Thanks for the pic anyweb that could be very easy made out of an old chisel with an angel grinder, will get that finished sometime and post, its been on the long finger since April, I work slow.

Dec

 

[television]

Thanks for the pic anyweb that could be very easy made out of an old chisel with an angel grinder, will get that finished sometime and post, its been on the long finger since April, I work slow.

Dec

The best ones are about 1" wide, make the V slide in the middle of the nylon clip and no pressure is put on the door card
http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Tool-Shop/Car-Door-Tools

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-LG71qaCsqKL/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?i=18187650

http://www.a1caraudio.co.uk/draper-door-trim-panel-tool-p-5326.html

 

[Dec]

The second link I think is the best, I would make one faster than I could buy it.
thanks for the link.

Dec

 

[cuparboy]

Would you happen to have a picture of that tool Malcolm or could you get one?

With regard to that picture I posted, it is part of a set of 6 or 7 I was doing regarding removal of a rear window regolator but never did finish it...yet. I thought it might be useful to cuparboy, I wonder what he is up to?

Dec

The gears appear to have stripped in the offside rear window so I was disconnecting the motor and jamming the window shut with a piece of wood.

All the high tech stuff here!

 

[Dec]

So, thats what you are up to, you never did say. If you need any help let us know.

Dec

 

[cuparboy]

So, thats what you are up to, you never did say. If you need any help let us know.

Dec

Thanks for the offer but all solid now.