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how to remove this shadowline trim?

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 9:33 pm
by cro320

Re: how to remove this shadowline trim?

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 9:35 pm
by e30_singh
If I remember correctly there are screws that hold it on from the inside.

Re: how to remove this shadowline trim?

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 3:55 pm
by cro320
e30_singh wrote:If I remember correctly there are screws that hold it on from the inside.
how to reach those?

Re: how to remove this shadowline trim?

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:19 pm
by MrWhite
If its the B-pillar one you're removing you remove the seatbelt top hanger and the coat hook from inside and there will be two 10mm nuts you can get at with a small socket. Undo those and you should be able to (gently) pry off the trim.

Re: how to remove this shadowline trim?

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 10:59 pm
by cro320
MrWhite wrote:If its the B-pillar one you're removing you remove the seatbelt top hanger and the coat hook from inside and there will be two 10mm nuts you can get at with a small socket. Undo those and you should be able to (gently) pry off the trim.
thanks fella

Re: how to remove this shadowline trim?

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 11:06 pm
by MrWhite
No bother. I only know this because I took one of mine off the other day to get at the rusty but underneath :?

Re: how to remove this shadowline trim?

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 8:05 pm
by cro320
MrWhite wrote:No bother. I only know this because I took one of mine off the other day to get at the rusty but underneath :?
I tried today but plastic inside seems too tight

Re: how to remove this shadowline trim?

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 10:01 pm
by MrWhite
Which plastic bit do you mean?

Re: how to remove this shadowline trim?

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 10:35 pm
by cro320
MrWhite wrote:Which plastic bit do you mean?
near to the window inside

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 10:37 pm
by cro320
well my brother says don't bother with removing and buying new, just paint it satin black

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:15 am
by cro320
I tried with paint and messed all up :cry:
looks nasty...
tommorow I will order new trim

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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:29 am
by stereotemps
"If its the B-pillar one you're removing you remove the seatbelt top hanger and the coat hook from inside and there will be two 10mm nuts you can get at with a small socket. Undo those and you should be able to (gently) pry off the trim"

mr white hod do you put this section back on took it off 2 spary and havin difficulty puttin it back on, do i need 2 take the rear quarter window out maybe?

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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:34 am
by MrWhite
Not got as far as fitting it back on yet. Maybe somebody else can shed some light on this? I was hoping it'd just push back into place.

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 7:06 pm
by cro320
got the new one today but still can't remove old one... :?

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9569/slika014large.jpg

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 2:21 pm
by cro320
no one?

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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 2:45 pm
by mash
The first part of this E30 Wiki page on removing rear quarter windows might help

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... er_Windows

I did it a while back, don't remember any problems

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 6:02 pm
by cro320
it's a door trim not rear body one

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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 10:33 pm
by stereotemps
put the window right down and then pull out the rubber seal that sits in the door, where glass sits when closed! you'll see some small clips inside the door upright (sits next to b pillar) that you can open with a flat bladed screwdriver then it should just pull off , bein careful not to bend it, unclip the side nearest back wheel first, you may need to partly remove top and bottom trims as they slightly overlap they are clipped on with the same clips! pretty por description sorry but i hope it helps

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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:49 pm
by MrWhite
stereotemps, did you have any luck getting the rear quarter trim back on? The time has come for me to refit mine and, as you say, it isn't wanting to push on. Did you have to take the glass out?

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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:35 pm
by MrWhite
I've just done it so I can answer my own question: Yes, the window does come out first.