Door Trim....

[ourchris]

Hi all

Had my 500 for a couple of months now, and I am loving every minute of it !!

I do have one small problem however ~ the passenger side electric window has stopped working. I can hear things going on in the door, but I need to get the trim off to have a look.

How do I get the door trim off ??!! Help !

Thanks

Chris

[clive f]

you need to remove the door speaker, then put your hand down inside towards the front of the door, here you should find a 8mm nut, if you are lucky someone may have done this before and replaced it with a wing nut, remove this, and then going toward the back of the door you will find 2 more nuts, one is near the bottom of the verticle window guide, the other a little further along.
on the outside of the panel, remove the 2 screws that secure the red reflector, then gently pull the bottom of the panel away from the door, then lift upwards to remove the lip at the top that sits over the window frame.

I amy have forgotten something, its a while since I did this on mine, hope it helps

clive.

Edited by clive f on Saturday 3rd January 16:08

[AntonyJ]

Pop the ashtray out and there is a self tapper behind it as well..


Guess Clive doesnt have ashtrays, just leaves his window down

I find it easier to put my arm in with ratchet in hand ready, then point your arm up on the way in and then lower it to feel for the nuts.

Helps if you wear a long sleeve work jacket or something, its not nice in there(itchy and scratchy show)

Ant

[Smuggling Sam]

I had exactly the same problem, I found this link to be a great help.


http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[ourchris]

Thanks all !

Will give it a go in the morning, and let you know how cut up my hands and arms get....

[clive f]

AntonyJ said:

Pop the ashtray out and there is a self tapper behind it as well..


Guess Clive doesnt have ashtrays, just leaves his window down

Ant

how is it that non smokers have ashtrays in their cars anyway??

[roy e6]

Had the same problem myself, before you go through the grief of taking the door card off. Just take out the speaker,unplug the window motor connection clean them up then reconnect. thats all i did to mine and it solved the problem.