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Title: door card help???
Post by: golfgti10 on September 27, 2013, 09:40:45 pm: just took my door card off to fit the Passat buttons but can not get the lugs out, tried a coat hanger is there any where I can buy them new checked ebay cant find them as ill pull out the old and put in new
Title: Re: door card help???
Post by: skard on September 27, 2013, 09:43:40 pm: I use Y shaped plastic trim removers, cheap on ebay. You're best getting spare clips from a dealer though as some will probably break
Title: Re: door card help???
Post by: golfgti10 on September 27, 2013, 10:33:41 pm: got a link to the tool also anywhere else I can buy apart from the dealer
Title: Re: door card help???
Post by: MC71 on September 27, 2013, 10:48:09 pm: Clips from the dealer, TPS, eBay or Boldsport and a few more no doubt. Cost peanuts for loads of them.

Clip remover......

~~ Clicky here ~~ (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Door-Panel-Clip-Removal-Pliers-Sprung-Handle-/221184063786?pt=UK_Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint&hash=item337f98f92a)
Title: Re: door card help???
Post by: golfgti10 on September 27, 2013, 11:01:19 pm: any of those can I order online and have posted from the uk
Title: Re: door card help???
Post by: skard on September 28, 2013, 10:14:13 am: These look like aftermarket door clips
http://bit.ly/16ytUlM

Something like this is cheap and useful
http://bit.ly/16HVciw

Or sacrifice an old fork to make a V with a bit tape on to prevent scraping your door
Title: Re: door card help???
Post by: sootpig on September 28, 2013, 10:23:59 am: There is no need to remove the cards :happy2:
Those tools linked by SKARD are the way to go even when the ends become worn they can be fixed by a Stanley knife to give years of long service :happy2:
Title: Re: door card help???
Post by: skard on September 28, 2013, 10:29:30 am: Haven't done them, but fuel flap switch means the drivers side should come off?
Title: Re: door card help???
Post by: sootpig on September 28, 2013, 10:37:59 am: Quote from: skard on September 28, 2013, 10:29:30 am
Haven't done them, but fuel flap switch means the drivers side should come off?
The fuel switch can be fitted without removing the card.I read about it on this forum so it must be true
I did it myself by creating a gap at the bottom of the door card and removing/refitting through the gap
No broken bent clips as long as they are aligned before thumping the card back in place
Title: Re: door card help???
Post by: MC71 on September 28, 2013, 11:25:08 am: ^^*^ PITA with the door card on. Its still best to take the door card off (or at least release it from the door) when fitting the Fuel Flap switch.