Wood door trim... Anyway to remove it??

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Old 03-27-2010 | 10:38 PM
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Wood door trim... Anyway to remove it??

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This is what the back looks like



How do I remove just the wood pieces? Is it possible? I really can't tell from just looking at it
Old 03-27-2010 | 11:37 PM
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yea, you have to drill out the melted plastic rivets that hold it on. but be careful, if you drill too far youll go right through the trim and come out the other side.
Old 03-27-2010 | 11:41 PM
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You should've checked the DIY thread. Copied and pasted from the DIY.
Now that you have detached all that, you will be able to remove the panel away from the door completely and set it upsidedown.

On the back side of the panel you will see where the wood grain piece is attached to the panel with plastic rivots, which are basically plastic pieces that have been melted to the wood grain atachment points. Because of this, you will have to drill out the the plastic rivots with either a drill and drill bit or you can actually do it by hand with just a drill bit, but it will take you wayy longer.


As you begin to drill, drill slowly, not fast because you dont want the drill to catch and slam through the plastic and drill through your wood grain. Drill nice and easy applying enough pressure to get through the thin layer of plastic until the drill pokes through and the wood grain becomes loose on that one particular point. You will know when it is.



Here is what you gotta be careful not to drill too much into. Its ok to drill into it though because its gona get smushed and what not as you drill through, just dont go too far or else you gona destroy the entire nipple on the connection point of the wood grain.



Now that you have one wood grain piece out, your going to do the same process to the back door panels and the same drilling process to get the wood grain out. The back door panels are a little harder to get your fingers behind the edge of the panel to pull the clips out all the way around. There is also only one cable to disconnect and thats for the power window swtich.





Once you get to the driver side front door, your going to remove the panel the same way as the passenger front one, except your going to have to disconnect more cabels. You have to disconnect the cable for the power windows, power locks, security light, trunk switch, LED light. There are also two spots on the backside of the panel where they attach the length of the cable to the panel. Just pull those out. Once you have finished the fourth panel, now you will have all the wood grains out and can do whatever you want with them. The Center Console Wood grains are easiest to remove also, most people know how to take those out. Lift the arm rest up, and lift up on the ends of the wood grains that are right by the arm rest and each one will pop out, then just continue to lift following it all the way down to the other end. DONE.



Hope this can be a help for many.
Old 03-28-2010 | 03:33 AM
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Checked the DIY but must've missed it, thanks though, i don't see how it would go back on though
Old 03-29-2010 | 01:01 AM
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Old 03-29-2010 | 09:44 PM
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Old 03-29-2010 | 10:11 PM
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Use small sheetmetal screws to screw into the "nub" that's left.
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