door panels are a bitch!!
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door panels are a bitch!! hey guys, is there any trick to taking of the door panels or is it just one of those jobs that's gonna **** you off (especially putting them back on)? i was trying to take off the driver's side earlier to see how hard it would be to take out the door bar and couldn't get it to come loose at the center, but it appeared that everything was free. putting it back in place was even tricker and i just got frustrated and left one of the clips off cuz i couln't get it back on.
Far more to the point, cutting out the internal door bar is retarded. Suicidal? Or do you already have a full 25.5 cage to keep you from dying in an accident?
FWIW, I bet your insurance company would refuse medical coverage if you got hurt in a car you had removed that door bar from.
FWIW, I bet your insurance company would refuse medical coverage if you got hurt in a car you had removed that door bar from.
Mine are out, but mine is barely on the street and more track. They weigh about 8lbs each and a PITA! to get the front bolts out. Deff. take some downers or get drunk before you do it so you dont freak out, lol. They WILL get the best of you if your impatiant!
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I was thinking the same thing 
no offense to the track and all of you but, I will leave them in till the track and cage is the only thing she sees. I live in So. Cal and there is people out here that do what they want when they want, forget the laws 
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I took my door panels off, I thought it was easy! Putt it back on wasn't even that hard, but getting all the little tabs to slip in, was slightly hard. But by no means a PITA. And I'd have to say thats my first door panel job heh.
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Not sure why a few of you are having problems with the door panels. I found them extremely easy to take off, myself. Once all of the screws are out, put your hands behind the panel at the bottom and work your way up the sides. Once the clips are loose, pull the entire panel up to get it off the top rail, from there, its just a matter of removing it from the door.
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Not sure why a few of you are having problems with the door panels. I found them extremely easy to take off, myself. Once all of the screws are out, put your hands behind the panel at the bottom and work your way up the sides. Once the clips are loose, pull the entire panel up to get it off the top rail, from there, its just a matter of removing it from the door.
If you just want to take the door panel off that article covers it pretty good. Key points: make sure you get all four big screws, and lift up, not out. One thing that article doesn't mention is that you need to disconnect the tweeters once you have lifted the door panel off the door, the tweeters are in the panel itself, while the main speaker is in the door. This wouldn't apply if you didn't have the monsoon/premium audio system.
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[QUOTE=TwoFast4Lv;8241361]Hmmm... What clips? The panel just slides up and off...well after your remove the mirror cover
Well, guess your car doesn't have clips. I don't know what to tell you. My 95 firebird has a few clips around the edges. Or maybe I'm just imagining them.
Well, guess your car doesn't have clips. I don't know what to tell you. My 95 firebird has a few clips around the edges. Or maybe I'm just imagining them.
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[QUOTE=jasonp31;8245323]There's kinda like fingers/clips at the bottom of the panel that slide into slots in the door, if that's what you're referring to? That's what I was talking about, that are kinda hard to get every one of them in. I noticed on the driver side door, I missed one of them in front :\ Not a big deal really, there's like 10 of them.