Im trying to do some minor body work on my Trans Am, I need to take most of the gfx off. How do the gfx on the door come off. I could have probably tried to get them off but i rather ask them screw something up.

Thanks

 

Most of the Gfx have metal hold down strips that have studs that run to the inside of the car. These are held on by speed nuts, I believe all of them are 10mm.

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Yeah Karps got it right. On the door you have to remove the interior panel and there should be 3 nuts inside and 2 outside in the door area. One towards the front of the car and 1 towards the rear. For the rocker ones you have to get the panel out that is around the seat belt in the back and there should be a nut there too. And I think some screws underneath. I havent taken the rocker off yet but I think there are 2 nuts inside the fender. Then the front one you have to get from underneath, 3 nuts if I recall correctly. And the same for the rear quarter ones but you have to get the nuts from inside.

James

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Ok now how do you take off the interior door panel?

 

They'll be three larger torz bit that hold on the arm rest, several small torx bit screws on the door handle controls, carefull cause some are fake. Then you'll have to carefull pry around the edges of the door panel to pop out the plastic clips. The top is hooked to the inside of the door frame. Getting this off is kinda tricky, you have to kinda hit the top at an angle to get the panel off. Hopefully someone else can give you a little more detail to getting this top part off as, my brain is fried and I'm at a loss for words.

 

There should be 3 bolts with torx heads (depending on your year) in the arm rest. Take these out. Then there should be some screws in the trim ring around the handle. Remove these. Take the trim piece off. Then you can use a flat screwdriver or buy the tool for taking door panels off. Or for that matter you could make one. It is flat about 1" wide and has a notch in the end. Basically you stick it behind the door panel. On the back of the panel are a bunch of white clips. Really you want to get the tool inbetween the clips and the door metal and pry them out. They run along both sides and the bottom. As for the top of the panel I am somewhat unsure how to get the panel off. I broke mine but I didnt care it was already cracked. I read somewhere else though that you roll the window down and then push the top part towards the door and slide it forward or backward. You may want to wait for someone else to post about that though. After you get the panel off though I would take some epoxy and add some extra strength to the metal fasteners that hold the plastic clips to the panel. They are just pressed in the board and come out easily. I had the correct tool and some of the metal things came off some.

James

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