All Things Mk5 > How to Guides / Troubleshooting

Boot internal trim piece - how to get the bloody thing off !!!

(1/7) > >>

Norbreck21a:
Hi all, I need to replace my boot handle as it's only of the early flat types and has corroded quite badly with white worm all over it. I managed to secure a brand new later style version from fleabay and have read Elsawin as a guide to changing it.

To do this I obviously need to remove the boot inner plastic trim. I've removed the 2 screws that are located in the handle recesses, but try as I might, the trim itself won't budge ! I have bloodied my knuckles and have tried pulling, levering with a long large screwdriver etc, but it won't budge !

Anyone have any tips or has done this before. At nearly £40 for a new one, I would rather not break it and need a replacment.

any help very gratefully received.

182_blue:
they can be quite hard to get out, but do need a big tug to get out, once one part is out the other bits are easier

Norbreck21a:
Thanks 182_blue, so bascially suck it up and pull ?

I was afraid that as the plastic was bowing that it would snap or leave one of them white plastic crease marks.

182_blue:
have you got behind any part of it ?

Norbreck21a:
Errr. no not really. I just removed the 2 screws and managed to get a large flat screwdriver in between the plastic trim and metal part of the hatch and tried to lever it off.

The plastic just bent but didn't pop out and to be honest I was a little afriad of pulling it anymore in case I snapped it  :grin:

Did you pull with your hands or use a lever ?

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page