car panels

[jerminator623]

how do you take this panel off?
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2151539/7

[HokieBird]

Re: car panels

Remove the plastic triangle in the corner
Remove the power window/locks (it pops out so get a screw driver or something under it)
Remove plastic cover over door lever and unhook metal door lock bar from plastic clip
Remove remaining screw from door panel
Lift panel up and off the door

[jerminator623]

Re: car panels

Remove the plastic triangle in the corner
Remove the power window/locks (it pops out so get a screw driver or something under it)
Remove plastic cover over door lever and unhook metal door lock bar from plastic clip
Remove remaining screw from door panel
Lift panel up and off the door

sorry i meant the panel with the cloth over it. im not really sure what it is called so i wasnt able to be more specific

here it is http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2151539/7

thanks

[jerminator623]

Re: car panels

nevermind i wasnt thinkin. does anyone know a good place to get leather from?

[jerminator623]

Re: car panels

the carpet piece is stapled really good with these super thick staples to the rubber strip that sits on the window that i cant get out. does anyone know what i should try to do?
check to second pic on the cardomain to see what im talkin about

[jerminator623]

Re: car panels

what is the black rubber strip leaning against the window called? weather stripping? if so is this it http://www.partstrain.com/products/W...ml?sku=C451710
i show it in the second pictureb

[5_spd_pewter_v6]

Re: car panels

are you trying to recover the door panels in leather? if so, i have seen a couple of guides for doing this on this board i think. if not here, check ls1.com. why do you need another one of those strips at the top? i took mine off and reinstalled it because it was causing a crack in the door panel. did it get broken or something?

[jerminator623]

Re: car panels

yea im recoverin it and the piece is all bent up and im not sure if i can get it back to its original posistion and how did you get those staples off?

[5_spd_pewter_v6]

Re: car panels

i just used a screw driver, pliers, and vice grips and slowly worked them off. mine didn't get bent up and i just drilled some holes and used rivits to put it back on.

[jerminator623]

Re: car panels

do you think i can fix the bent parts? if not where could i get a new one from? and can you show where i can see the writeups because i cant find them here or at ls1

[5_spd_pewter_v6]

Re: car panels

without seeing the part, i have no idea if it can be fixed, but if it's bad enough you aren't pretty sure you can, my reaction is no. i'll try to find the write up in a minute, and i doubt that you can buy just that strip. you probably have to buy a new door panel. or somehow make one (the strip that is, not the panel).



i tried to find the guide, and i can't find it either. to be honest, the only advice i can give you is to look at it and try to figure out how it's held together and come up with something. if i remember the guide correctly, to remove that small panel from the door you have to melt some plastic tabs (in such a way they can be put back on or figure out some other way to reattach the smaller panel to the door panel), remove the smaller panel and recover it, then reattach the smaller panel to the door panel.

[lookout4theyeti]

Re: car panels

send a pm to anthonyrapitis, he recovered the door panels in his firebird. Not sure offhand if its at all the same, but he might have some tips for ya