Door trim removal..?

Hi guys,
My neighbours (who I don't get on with) opened their door onto my car causing a 'car park' dent... they've denied it but I have it on CCTV

Arguments aside (it's left with the landlord for now), I want to get this fixed as it's the only mark on the car.

I need to remove the passenger side door trim to get access to the back of the dent.
So, does anyone have a guide for it? (it's a coupe).

I found the 5 door (rear door) guide (on here), but if anyone has the correct guide it would be useful!

Thanks in advance.

If you go to one of those dent removal guys then they often do it without having to remove any bits - they did mine and you cant see it at all, its certainly an art.

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Oh, and b@stards

I will go to one of the dent guys, but they'll need to get behind it, so if it's simple enough I'd rather remove the trim and provide that extra access

They got behind mine by going in down the window gap, but obviously do as you feel best

*Bump*

I'll give the removal a go myself by the weekend if there is no guide

Even with the panel off there is no guarantee that you will be able to see the inside of the outer skin. It's not like the old days where there were great big holes in the steel inner door panel

agreed speary, not sure on the coupe but on the 5-door but I think it is held on by a few clips which pop out, and one screw which is hidden under a small plastic circular piece on the opening edge of the door. hard to describe but almost in a horizontal line with the door handle . hope that is of some use?

And as is the case with most car makers these days you will need a special tool to remove and refit the panel without breaking any of the clips!

(20-05-2014 08:21am)speary Wrote:  Even with the panel off there is no guarantee that you will be able to see the inside of the outer skin. It's not like the old days where there were great big holes in the steel inner door panel

I did have this worry, but feel I need to provide the absolute best chance to reach it. I can see the pressing points of the double skin and they're a good 3" from the position of the dent. So I still have hope.

I'll get the panel off at the weekend and if it doesn't provide enough access, then I'll look at the window method as cjfp suggested.

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(20-05-2014 04:54pm)m_101 Wrote:  hope that is of some use?

Thanks, I saw the 5 door guide and will use that in the absence of anything else!

I believe the door clips are a design that will need to be replaced when they are released. They appear to be of the same design that holds the tailgate trim panel to the tailgate. I found that in removing my tailgate trim only about half of the clips could be reused.