Saab 92 Forum : Saab92x.com / Damn door cards!

norcal9two · 2012-05-18 15:03:03

Any tips on getting the infamous bezel off of the latch? I've watched videos on STi removal and read threads on WRX panel removal but this bezel seriously is going to snap and I really don't want that. Do we have an extra clip on lookers left of the bezel? I pry that side up and use the awl to release the bottom, but the part i'm prying (lookers left of the bezel) doesn't move. mad facepalm sadbanana banghead

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thymighty · 2012-05-18 16:08:56

Mine popped right off, no breaky. confused

What are the "lookers?"

Silently · 2012-05-18 16:33:52

Take this with a grain of salt, but I think they're pretty tough. I just gripped & ripped on one that I was taking off of an '02 WRX door card that I was discarding, and I thought for sure it would snap. Not even one broken tab. Of course YMMV, but that's my experience. Mine have been off a dozen times or so, and they're fine.

Tribbe · 2012-05-18 18:07:09

Both mine broke.. my first broke the first time I took the door cards off while I switched mirrors. The one on the second door broke while I was removing them for speaker upgrade.. But both of them sits so good that you can't tell that the clips are broken. Maybe I had some luck and broke the one clip that did the least work at holding them to place.

Even I know that this post looks like shit... but I am drunk and don't feel like editing the text I wrote..

norcal9two · 2012-05-18 18:25:38

Damn, well I just yankedddd daaaaaa yankeddd daaa, I just yanked da thang. It worked and surprisingly, didn't snap it banana

Thank you gentlemen. embeer

thymighty · 2012-05-18 22:35:31

Tribbe wrote:
Both mine broke.. my first broke the first time I took the door cards off while I switched mirrors. The one on the second door broke while I was removing them for speaker upgrade.. But both of them sits so good that you can't tell that the clips are broken. Maybe I had some luck and broke the one clip that did the least work at holding them to place.

Even I know that this post looks like shit... but I am drunk and don't feel like editing the text I wrote..

biggrin Nice one Tribbe.

norcal9two · 2012-05-18 23:06:05

thymighty wrote:
Tribbe wrote:
Both mine broke.. my first broke the first time I took the door cards off while I switched mirrors. The one on the second door broke while I was removing them for speaker upgrade.. But both of them sits so good that you can't tell that the clips are broken. Maybe I had some luck and broke the one clip that did the least work at holding them to place.

Even I know that this post looks like shit... but I am drunk and don't feel like editing the text I wrote..
Nice one Tribbe.

+1 LOL

phillipj · 2012-05-18 23:13:36

I use a plastic/bendable cake knife. Slip in behind and pry.

IMHO that's one of the toughest interior pieces to get off w/o breaking.

norcal9two · 2012-05-18 23:36:51

phillipj wrote:
I use a plastic/bendable cake knife. Slip in behind and pry.

IMHO that's one of the toughest interior pieces to get off w/o breaking.

I shoved an awl behind it, grabbed it with my fingers then yanked. Seemed to do the trick. Wasn't the most graceful though.

MetalNeverDies · 2012-05-18 23:48:07

1.99 hook tool kit from HF.

Use the L shaped one and gently pry up on the tab, pull off door.

I'm amazed you rip and pull barbarians didn't shatter the cheap plastic biggrin