Taking off door panel on a C5
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Melting Slicks
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Taking off door panel on a C5
Can someone point me to instructions or a thread that shows how to take off the door panels on a C5? Is it easy or difficult to do? I need to get the door cleaned out - I won't go into details.
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Just did mine today to replace the DCM. Without a doubt the easiest door panel I have ever removed. No broken clips, no pulled wires. Take the two torx screws out and the panel is off in 5 minutes.
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Melting Slicks
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Okay, so speaking of the 
it looks like the door panel shell is one piece. Looking at this picture:
See where the gray and black meet above the reflector? Basically there was maybe a dime-sized drop of barf that landed right where the gray and black meet. However, is there anything to even take apart there? Or is that solid and nothing would have gotten through the crease? i.e. if the door shell is one piece, I just theoretically need to thoroughly clean what I see, correct? Or if the gray and black pieces are "separate," is it possible to just pry off the gray part in that picture to clean out the crease between the black and gray?
I will now return to weeping.
it looks like the door panel shell is one piece. Looking at this picture:See where the gray and black meet above the reflector? Basically there was maybe a dime-sized drop of barf that landed right where the gray and black meet. However, is there anything to even take apart there? Or is that solid and nothing would have gotten through the crease? i.e. if the door shell is one piece, I just theoretically need to thoroughly clean what I see, correct? Or if the gray and black pieces are "separate," is it possible to just pry off the gray part in that picture to clean out the crease between the black and gray?
I will now return to weeping.
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I think you will cause more problems by removing it. The only way I can see BARF getting through the seam is by high pressure vomit 
Gravity just takes barf downward not sideways like a tornado even though the barf smiley makes it look like a tornado
Gravity just takes barf downward not sideways like a tornado even though the barf smiley makes it look like a tornado
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Melting Slicks
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If somebody blew chunks hard enough to penetrate the seam you mention, there's probably a reality TV show that will pay to see the person do it again. Athe very least you need to put it on Utube if you can get them to do it again (not on the car - straight ahead and you shoot from the side). 
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Melting Slicks
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If somebody blew chunks hard enough to penetrate the seam you mention, there's probably a reality TV show that will pay to see the person do it again. Athe very least you need to put it on Utube if you can get them to do it again (not on the car - straight ahead and you shoot from the side).
Charlie
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Of course, the follow-up to this is yesterday when I was cleaning, I sprayed warm water into that seam. Would that water have penetrated the seam and cause problems inside the door now?
...Or should I just hope there's no smell any more and forget this whole thing happened?
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The bottom doesn't come off separately, but the reflector does pop out if you want to look in there. I don't see how anything could get it there the way it's made. By the way, did you get your forum name before or after this happened?
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