I cant figure out how they designed them to attach to the panels. They are similar to the stock trim, except that the little pins that stick out to attach to the panels are thinner and longer. If anyone has any ideas let me know. Thanks.

 

No one has a single idea, huh?
The lady on the other end of the line hasnt a clue.

 

Youre kidding me. Not one person here has never used a Hawk door panel...

 

I have them.

I'm not sure what you're asking. Can you take a pic?

 

Is this the piece you're talking about? If so then I can't help. I re-used my OE pieces.

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hey, how about that pic.....?

...yeah, how 'BOUT that pic?

 

how do you PROPERLY remove that piece?

 

Yes the black plastic piece is what I am talking about. My old ones were busted because of two robberies.

 

Well, as for the stock pieces, here's what I did.

Facing the door panel, I located each of about 6 (guesstimate) of the clips that hold it to the door sheetmetal. You can peek in there when the window is down and see them.

I started with the clip closest to the back of the door, and with an open palm, pushed in against the approximate location of the clip. Then, while maintaing pressure, just push up on the plastic.

It helps if you have a friend keep the previous clips from re-clipping while you move on to the next clip.

Does that make sense? It's REAL easy. i can remove those pieces in about 15 seconds each.

 

Im talking about how the black plastic connects to the cardboard door panel, not how it is held on at the door.

 

Its held to the cardboard with self threading nuts that are flat and wide.

 

yea just use a pair of pliers to grap the round self threading nuts and twist untill they come off but be carefull cuz the little platic stubs tend to break off easy. but if you are replacing them it dosent really matter if they get broken as they will be on the new one

 

yes but can you do this without breaking the very small tabs on them?

 

I wish I had my camera so I could show you what im talking about. The hawk black pieces have the pins that stick out also (that look like it takes a flat nut), but they are about 4 times longer and much thinner.

 

I can see why you'd ask that, but I didn't have any problems. The first time I did it, I yanked on 'em quite a bit (had two extra) and thought they'd break, but they didn't. Turned out after doing it a few times, it really doesn't take much at all. It's kinda hard to explain how I did it, kinda need to shoot a video.