Removal of interior panels (rear)?????

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Jan 22, 2007 | 07:24 PM

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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317

Removal of interior panels (rear)?????

What's the trick to removing those hooks that hold in the plastic interior panels that cover the rear sail panel/B-pillar area? Do those hooks even come out? Or do you just loosen them and wiggle the panel out somehow? It seems like the center peice of the hook pulls out, but still I can't get the panel off.

I don't want to break anything during removal, but I can't seem to get the hooks out gently. What am I missing here?

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Jan 22, 2007 | 07:31 PM

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The center piece presses in to lock it in place. Need to work it out first.

Jan 22, 2007 | 07:57 PM

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The center piece presses in to lock it in place. Need to work it out first.

So the center piece actually comes completely out of the hook then? I've gotten it loose, but didn't actually try to pull it all the way out. I wasn't aware that the center was a separate independant piece??

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Jan 22, 2007 | 08:32 PM

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you need to push the outer piece against the panel and try and work the middle piece out with a flathead. then pliars. then channel locks. those things blow

Jan 22, 2007 | 09:05 PM

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you need to push the outer piece against the panel and try and work the middle piece out with a flathead. then pliars. then channel locks. those things blow

So then the goal is in fact to actually completely remove the center piece from the outer hook? I just want to be sure not to break it....

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Jan 22, 2007 | 09:13 PM

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you are correct, it totally comes off of the outer piece.

if you feel like you broke something, you're only half-way there.

EDIT- i feel wierd giving advice to a guy with 9xxx posts. shouldnt i be groveling or something?