Easy Door Panel Re-Install Method
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St. Jude Donor '25-'26
Easy Door Panel Re-Install Method
Just finished with an audio install - well 95% finished. But I was struggling to get the door panels back on. Could not get the top hangers to engage. Tried the fit and hit method and it did not work for me.
After the door pins were partially engaged I simply looped a hanger bracket with a 16ga wire and from the top pulled the wire up. Simple. Worked every time. Installed the panels in minutes. The worst part was trying to engage the lower screw on the passenger door.
Edit:
Added a more detailed procedure write up and posted it in the C6 General Section.
After the door pins were partially engaged I simply looped a hanger bracket with a 16ga wire and from the top pulled the wire up. Simple. Worked every time. Installed the panels in minutes. The worst part was trying to engage the lower screw on the passenger door.
Edit:
Added a more detailed procedure write up and posted it in the C6 General Section.
Last edited by Keppler; Aug 22, 2011 at 12:22 PM.
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It also goes on easy if you slide the forward most metal tab in, the line up the top front plastic pin, then the next metal tab, next pin.... Don't push the pins in all the way, just let them go in as much as they need to so you can slide the metal tabs in. Once it's in place, use the palm of your hand to pound in all the plastic pins. The screws should line up perfectly or you messed up one of the tabs.
