replacing vs doors

[romez]

found some new panels for my car same colour and in very good condition so i wana change mine over but dont wana pay a panel beater 500 dollars to do it. how do i do this myself the bonnet and doors ?

[deXtrous]

Bonnet is really simple..

Pop out the clip that holds the black hydraulic arm-things in place. Then there are two nuts to undo on either side of the bonnet, near the windscreen, that have to come out. Don't forget to pull out the window washer hoses before u do any of this.

Now for the doors, for the front you need to disconnect the wiring first by taking out the kick panel and disconnecting the wiring loom that comes out of the door. Then you have to tap out the door pins. There is a special tool used to do this but I just gripped the pin with vicegrips (on the side where it flays out) and tapped it out with a hammer. Bit awkward but it worked fine. Remember one pin comes out upwards and the other comes out the opposite way.

Now for the rears, you'll have to disconnect the front seat belts at the base to disconnect their wiring loom, then it's basically the same as taking the door pins out with the same method as above.

Just remember when you put your door pins back in, don't hammer them all the way down/up to where there is no area to grip it with the vice grips in the future.

[romez]

wow sounds hard man and sounds like it would be time consuming wana do it for me lol nahh ill see how i go with the bonnt first hen the doorsthanks mate

[trav_304]

not hard but you mite need two people for the doors and three for the bonnet just makes it a bit easier

[deXtrous]

I took the doors off myself without much of a problem. Just stick a car jack under one when you take the pins out to support the weight. Bonnet you definitely need two people though.