Front Door Skin Removal

[chester ver 2.0 Member Find all posts View Profile Close chester ver 2.0]

Hi can anyone give an idiots guide to taking the inner door panel off for the front doors of the 120 series

The missus let the door fly open during the big winds here in perth the other week and now the door has this weird clicking sound when opening and closing and i want to get in there for a look

[Bear63 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bear63]

Sounds like the door check strap has been damaged , hopefully the door frame is ok and not torn , the door trim should unclip from the door and there are usually some screws in the handle sometimes hidden behind small covers,(i haven't had one off that model but most cars are the same)

[chester ver 2.0 Member Find all posts View Profile Close chester ver 2.0]

Thanks Bear and yes the noise is coming from that area where that thing is that holds the door open

As you can tell i am very technical

[brett004 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close brett004]

remove the cover in behind the door opener handle and remove the screw, remove the arm rest and remove the screw, from memory there is a 3rd screw by removing the power window switch, remove plastic triangle cover behind mirror, then gently unclip the whole panel by using a steel rule, mine just clipped out by gently pulling all around the edges, when all the clips are released pull out and upwards to unclip from around glass area.

[paulyc Member Find all posts View Profile Close paulyc]

Exactly what Brett said. I found it on this website the other week, has a pic showing the location of the screws

http://dixonarchive.com/motorblog/?p=787