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Old Feb 12, 2017 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Banshee365
Maybe I'll shoot some photos on my next junkyard visit on some of that. Agreed on the seat bolt covers. Those come down to having to pry harder than you want to because you feel like you will break them. There are two little slits visible from the sides of them and that is the locking tab.

Nearly the entire interior can be disassembled and reassembled without breaking anything. Can you say that about a GM? Nope... The only parts that are impossible to remove without breaking clips is the plastic garnish that goes from the top rear of the door panel to the top front of the door panel, around the door glass. There are 2 metal clips on the rear vertical portion and 3 plastic retainers along the top. The retainers break no matter how you remove the part and must be replaced. I bet 90% of people would break the rear side garnish that houses the rear passenger lights. A metal clip go through a hole in the front side garnish and if you just go yanking on that area it will snap the plastic that holds the clip on. You have to put a slight tug on one side of thn clip by jamming a plastic pry tool in there then stick a larger 90 degree pick up right at the clip from the bottom and pry right at the clip. Any side load and it's a goner. I've broken several at yards until I figured this out.

Luckily none of this needs to be done to hide most wires.
Originally Posted by dicer
The clips around the pins on the door handle plastic trim can be a bugger too. Works good if you know what your doing and have the right tool. And your right about the GM junk.

I guess if I get a 2 Channel Dashcam I will just pry it a bit and feed it through or run the cable below the floor.
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