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ur-q/Coupe Window Trom Removal




     Okay so no one posted how to remove the external door trim on an ur-q, 
     maybe it's too obvious? Anyway here's how I did it:-
     
     Remove inside door trim (this is fairly standard stuff and anyone 
     who's owned a Coupe (or an ur-q) has probably removed this more than 
     once (well if they've owned the car longer than a month...)
     
     1) Remove the two screws holding on the arm rest. Pry off the electric 
     window unit and unplug electrical connectors. Turn arm rest through 
     ~65.3 degrees and pull out.
     2) Pry out the cup on the door release mechanism, remove screw and 
     washer, pull off the rest of the surround.
     3) Remove little round plastic cover (if it's not already missing) on 
     the inside opposite the mirror. Remove screw and triangular piece of 
     plastic trim. Remove screw under panel, this is often unecessary as 
     the metal tab has already broken off the door panel.
     4) Unscrew door knob.
     5) On earlier cars the entire panel is just press fitted. So insert 
     wide flat blade screw driver to pry the panel off. Makes a kind of 
     neat popping sound. On later cars there are a bunch of screws around 
     the base and sides of the compartement at the bottom of the door, So 
     take your time and watch for hidden screws.
     
     Outside Window Trim Removal
     
     1) Unscrew the two round plastic fasteners at either end of the bottom 
     horizontal piece of trim. One is accessed from below the mirror 
     compartement and the other by a hole near the door knob.
     2) On the outside of the door, pry up the front edge of the bottom 
     horizontal piece of trim and slide off forward.
     3) Slide off the bottom horizontal piece of trim towards to the back 
     of the car. The Bentley advises using a pastic wedge, on my car it 
     slid off towards the back fine, YMMV.
     4) Carefully pry up the piece of trim the runs from the bottom front 
     corner up the front edge and across the top of the window. I used a 
     wide bladed screw driver, stop when you get to where it starts running 
     along the top. 
     5) Pry off the vertical strip at the rear, keep easing down on the 
     strip and it will slip out of the top piece where it meets in the 
     corner.
     6) Now pry off the rest of the piece in 4).
     7) To remove the horizontal felt trim beside the window. Turn the 
     plastic clips through 90 degrees and pull out.
     
     I only broke one plastic clip along the bottom of the window, I can 
     see how it is easy to break many more.
     
     Regards, Mike