Interior Trim Removal Pics? Help?

Darthevo

Hi All,

Just in the middle of removing my headliner to re-upholtster it and i'm running into an issue with removing the C-Pillars trim panels. Anyone have pictures and/or can help? Knowing pry points and or expected clips would be great. Snapping off all other trip has been quite simple but I have alot of resistance with the last area around the rear side windows.

Cheers for any help.

BillBoard

just keep prying- they will come loose...

slide a butter knife down and pry with that....

bam-bam

To actually remove the trim around the rearmost windows, you must remove the lower/ cargo area plastics first, which involves removing the rear seatbacks as well as seatbelts. There are little expansion clips along the lower edge of the top piece that are hidden by the bottom piece.

Clear as mud, right?

Also bear in mind that the clips along the top edge of the window go straight UP, so you have to pull the trim down after freeing its lower edge (as opposed to out/ toward the center of the car)

Darthevo

Dang, good stuff. I'll try this when I get home today. I've removed the panels off of my other cars, and er, learned the wisdom of asking little tips about removal too (read: busted panels) and I don't want to repeat the mistakes...

Anyone have a diagram? Or the manual? Hrm, I think I downloaded an EF manual somewhere.. wonder if it has it....

BillBoard

bam-bam wrote:

To actually remove the trim around the rearmost windows, you must remove the lower/ cargo area plastics first, which involves removing the rear seatbacks as well as seatbelts. There are little expansion clips along the lower edge of the top piece that are hidden by the bottom piece.

Clear as mud, right?

Also bear in mind that the clips along the top edge of the window go straight UP, so you have to pull the trim down after freeing its lower edge (as opposed to out/ toward the center of the car)

much better answer than mine... do this...