FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Side Trim, Repairing






Pillar and Side Trims, Convertible

Side Trim, Repairing

Removing and installing the door panel (upper part)

- Remove the lid adjustment module.

- Remove mounts of door panel (upper part) - 1 - - arrows - using a grinder and remove from lower part - 2 -. The old door panel (upper part) cannot be reused.





- After painting, attach new door panel (upper part) - 1 - to lower part - 2 - and heat securing tabs - 3 - one after the other using the hot air blower (VAS 1978) and then fold down. Fold over consecutive securing tabs alternately upward and downward or left and right.