so im about to swap some new doors in my car but i also need to swap in my old panels to the new door. i've only tried to take my panels off once and i ended up bending the metal clip retainers on the window sill straight or i created bigger holes or it.

my question is how can i take them off without damaging the clips? thanks

also, i've never taken a door off before, i looked at it and it looks like simple bolt on/offs right?

 

the door panels are easy like 9 screws and then pull the finger cup out and then slide the door panel up so u want bend the black piece that goes by the window and yes the doors are jus bolt on bolt off kinda thing the only thing is the plug tht goes from the body 2 the door for ur speaker wires and everthing jus unplug it and 4 12mm bolts

oh and if im not mistakin u have 2 take the fenders off 2 take the doors off

 

thanks!

hmm when i tried looking at it, it looked as if i had to take the door off first to take the fender off. that sounds really dumb though but those bolts for the door hinges are so hard to get to in between the door and fender gap. theres also two bolts for the fender in between that same gap that i also cant get it.

advice please? thanks

 

you dont have to take the fenders off to take the doors off

 

oh how do i get to those bolts in between the fender and door then?

 

why are you taking the doors off? i thought you were just doing door panels....88-89 0r 90-91?

 

open the door and use a extenchen

 

oh i was asking about how ot take the panels off without breaking/bending the clips because im swapping doors and the new door has no panels. it's a 91. i think im good with taking the panels off. taking the doors off, i think im okay with that too. now my problem is swapping the door locks. is this easy to do? i looked behind at the new door and it looks really complicated. haha

 

They're a pain in the ***. You'll get it after alot of fiddling though.

 

lol dang i just dont wanna break or mess up anything.

i ask all these questions cus i need to get all this done in a short period of time us its my only way of transportation. haha. dont wanna drive around without a door.

 

From memory the locking mechanism is attached to the door handle, which makes it nice and difficult to work with.

 

can i just take the door handle off the door and work with it like that? cus i saw a long line thta connected from the door handle to somewhere to the bottom of the door. i cant find a DIY for it either.

 

There are metal rods connected from the latch to the handle, and i couldn't take them apart. I found the best way to remove the assembly was to take the handle out from the outside of the car (standing outside, take the whole assembly through).

The metal rods are what make it difficult, there's very little leeway in them.

 

ah i dont know how im gonna do this. haha. i might do what you did. ill take a look at it again tomorow