ok so i know there are clips but inside the door there is a piece of metal blocking the clips.
i know how to get them off the fender and the one in front of the rear tire, but i already broke one on the pass side door. it was messed up so i did not care about messing it up more.
however on the drivers side it is mint so i don't want to mess it up, but it needs to come off.
i know there is a nut i have to take off, but how do i get to the clips.

if you know about a thread that talks about this please link me to it.
thanks


also how do i remove the black plastic piece on the door that runs vertical along the rear of the door. #8 and 11 in this image. i can get it off breaking it but i would like to remove it with out damage. thanks.

 

goodluck! i have tried many times to get those off without breaking but i guess i wasnt skilled enough...

 

damn you

 

I just broke all of my clips today trying it.You have to take a flathead and a rag and just pry them off and hope they dont break.If they do break just go find some more.Honda told me today they are like $9.76 or something like that a piece,i dunno if thats all for one door or for each clip.

 

nobody has gotten these off with out breaking anything?
i'm doing it tomorrow
any advice
i'm gonna try my hardest to do what e f 9 said
hopefully i only break a couple

 

i would probably guess and try to get some really skinny long nosed needle noses and try that so you can pinch the clips w/o breaking each of them. its worth a shot if that doesnt work, just start ripping **** that will work for sure.

 

i did it on my 89 hatch but wat i did was go to the junkyard and get the clips from the fender molding, a bunch of em, and just used those and broke off my original clips. there is one nut that holds it in by the doorjam. pull the molding towards the back of the car, yank on it, them pull it out. thats wat i did.

 

good idea about the fender clips.
i'll have to hit up the junk yard.
the problem i'm having with just yanking them off is when i did the pass side i did not realize it was metal and now it's bent.
that is ok cause it was garbage anyway. the drivers side i don't want to bend.

i'm gonna try some needle nose pliers i have a long set

glad i bumped this thread

 

little screw driver on top and bottom....not easy but can be done!

 

and for the door mount part if you have the belt in the door youv got 3 snaping and 3 scew hiding under the window seal!

 

thanks sly
-jdmcivicman

 

Sure you can use 2 little flat heads but you have a huge chance of scratching the paint. I prefer taking off the door panel and just squeezing the clips from inside of the door with pliers.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vegas hoe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok so i know there are clips but inside the door there is a piece of metal blocking the clips.
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uh yeah
ok so the door panels are off. they have been off for a while.
i gutted the car.
theres some metal blocking the clips.
also i'm not worried about scratching paint, i'm taking them off to paint.

 

im surprised none of you have thought of the way i take the mouldings off. okay unbolt the front and back. then pry up the side by the fender, just barely enough so you dont snap a clip. SLIDE the moulding toward the front of the car.. you can pull the moulding right off. once removed you can take the clips off problem free

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 408wdy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im surprised none of you have thought of the way i take the mouldings off. okay unbolt the front and back. then pry up the side by the fender, just barely enough so you dont snap a clip. SLIDE the moulding toward the front of the car.. you can pull the moulding right off. once removed you can take the clips off problem free </TD></TR></TABLE> i have tried that on my old crx... but the clips were so sun rotten that it just crumbles to pieces when force is applied to it. i also live in AZ so its hott at hell in the summer time

 

i kinda tried that with the passenger side.
as soon as i pulled the molding about 3/4 inch away from the car the clip snapped
they are rotted so i might just end up getting new clips anyway.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KillSwitch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> i have tried that on my old crx... but the clips were so sun rotten that it just crumbles to pieces when force is applied to it. i also live in AZ so its hott at hell in the summer time </TD></TR></TABLE>


that sucks they must be so brittle.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crx_si-r &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i did it on my 89 hatch but wat i did was go to the junkyard and get the clips from the fender molding, a bunch of em, and just used those and broke off my original clips. there is one nut that holds it in by the doorjam. pull the molding towards the back of the car, yank on it, them pull it out. thats wat i did.</TD></TR></TABLE>This WILL NOT work.The 88-89 moldings are different from the 90-91 and have different clips that will not work on the 90-91 moldings.I went to the junkyard a few days ago and pulled the fender clips off a 90-91 and they werent even the same type that i needed for the door moldings,so it will be a waste of time to try to use the fender clips.