captain howdy

Grab it with your hands at the top and pull. I didn't pry or use any tool just my hands.

Lee3333

What about the door lock post. Did you have to unscrew it, or could you pop the panal over it?

captain howdy

There is no way to unscrew the locks you have to pop the panel over it. It's not as difficult as your making it seem. Go out and play with it and you should have it figured out in about two minutes. That's about how long it takes to get one off by the time you hit your forth door panel. If you want to talk easy pop your A pillars off. There is one torx screw, one clip, and one male - female slot at the bottom. The sub box and amp is a whole different story!

Lee3333

I have no fear in tearing things apart-I just wanted to make sure I was not doing something that would damage the panals. Due to bad weather, it actually has taken me a while to get started on this car. My last new car-a 93 Saturn was kept in my apartment house garage. The day I brought it home, I pulled out the spare tire and began converting the well for the amp and other components.

Talk to me about the sub panal in our car-cause I have a nice 8 inch waiting to go in (but it is not dual voice coil).

captain howdy

It's kind of hard to describe the process. It's not difficult but there is quite a few steps involved. I have to take it back out again soon so I'll take more pics when I do it and maybe a how to. I don't think the how to thing is really for me. I suck at giving instructions and can't make fancy ones like SoCal plus only SoCal and I seem like contributing. Everyone else just wants to show off what they did. In the last one I didn't even have room for all my pictures. But seeing as how I was asked I will do it within the next week, same with the A pillars.

flyhhr

just pull i promise nothing will happen just watch out for the door lock it's plastic i think so it's stuck on the metal bar

snksknr94

Get a tool designed to pop off panels. Just pulling on it may cause the clips to tear out of the backside of the door panel and stay cliped into the door itself. Then you'll have all kinds of fun rattles.

captain howdy

Thet are not your standard clips, they are a male female rubbery plastic style:


No matter how you pull them of they can not pop off inside the door. There is one standard clip one the front ones at the very top where the mirror is:

You need no tools other than a T30 Torx driver to get your door panels off. Trust me from first hand experience, I have almost taken off every panel in my HHR by now.

snksknr94

I know what kind of clips they are. I've also pulled many door panels off and have seen what happens first hand, I'm telling you right now at some point just pulling them off by hand, the mount on the back of the panel will break off leaving the clip in the door itself still attached to a nice chunk of your door panel, or at very least the attaching point for the clip in the back of the panel will break. I've also see the door panels crack on the front side where the clip is.

captain howdy

If you think so. I'm not trying to argue and a door clip tool is like $4 or $5 so if you feel safer using one go ahead and pick one up. I took them off just fine with my hands and I think one is not really needed but that's my opinion. I know what you mean because I busted a few clips on my Mustang. I guess it all comes down to your level of comfort and how you feel like removing them.