Door liner clips

[fev]

Hi all,

My drivers door doesn't always open when using the exterior handle. I removed the door liner to adjust the length of the connector (Haynes manual says it is a nut). I wasn't able to adjust the link but tried to put the cover back on. The clips are still in the door so I assumed I needed to remove them in order to get the cover back on. I cannot get them out though without breaking them. I am going to buy some new ones but the main question is...
How do I get the broken bits out? The orange circles that the black clips go through, are these expendable?


Thanks
P


Oh, any advice on sorting the door handle?

[Young Angus]

I just took off a door trim tonight and they're pretty hard to do without breaking clips. I had some spares on hand and went to put them on only to find they were the wrong type (I needed the red ones but I had black spares and they didn't fit right...maybe I wasn't doing something properly but I didn't try for long). If any of them break in the door I just use some pliers to get them out but you want to leave the orange/yellow rings in the door and you shouldn't have to hurt them to get the broken bits out. To get s door trim off along with the plastic clips intact I stick a flat something in the gap right where the clips are and at each clip just pry it out of the door a certain way that doesn't hurt the door itself or the clip. Tricky business though, I don't think it can be done without breaking some.

[blitz]

I'vebroken a heap of the damn things - was thinking about double sided tape

[disco 3 door]

When my door will not open from outside I open door from inside the give latch & striker good spray of Lanoline spray. This solves problem for a while. give a spray every couple of months or when door become hard to open.

[ade]

but the correct trim removal tools from auto one, repco, etc, makes life alot easier and you dont end up breaking things with pliers and screw drivers.

[Wongdai]

+1 to what Ade said

I recently removed the trim from all four doors using the trim removal tool, and didn't break a single clip.