xtacized

Hi, I currently have a 1999 honda accord EX 4DR. The driver's side door, and the door next to the driver side is kicked in.

It all happened after a baseball game, since Cellular field is pretty close to my house, the team that lost had some type of break down, friggan going around the neighborhood causing trouble. And my car happen to be the car that was damaged by those a--holes.

I did get around 900$ from the insurance company, but i'm not planning to bring it to a shop to get it fixed. So my last resort right now is to, take out the door panels and push the bump out myself, and use some wood and force to straighten out the dent. I know it wont look perfect. but it still look better than 2 dents that are 1 feet in diameter on both doors.

Does anyone know where do i pop open the door panel, type of material i need?
(i see no visible screws)

slomofo

iTrader: (1)

First thing to do is roll the window down.

You need a small flat screwdriver and a phillips screwdriver. Behind your door handle lever, there's a round coutout that is filled. Take the small flat screw driver and pop open the fill plate and it'll expose the screw. Next move to the door panel cup thingy (you know, that grab handle thing that you pull on to close the door). In the pocket of that grab handle dealio, you'll see a phillips screw, go ahead and remove that. Anyway, I don't want to type all this out, but you'll see more screws that are hidden that just need the flat screw driver to pop their covers off. Once all the screws are removed, then take your door handle assembly and slide it forward just a tad bit and it'll come off, but there'll be a rod connected to the inside of the door handle, use the flat screw driver to unlock a plastic clip that holds the rod on and the rod will fall off the door handle allowing you to remove it. Once the door handle is off, take a larger flat screw driver and slide it between the door and the door panel and then pop off all the plastic clips that hold the panel to the door, then slide the door panel upwards to unhook it from the top of the door. At this point, you unplug your power window harnesses, door lock harness, and whatever other harnesses you see and remove the door panel.

Once the door panel is off, there'll be a plastic sound barrier which looks like a plastic bag glued to your door, go ahead and remove that, then plug your window switches back in and roll the window up. At this point you're free to do whatever you want.

xtacized

Ah, thanks a bunch, i'm going to try this on Sunday,

hai_tech