how do i take off the door pannel on my 1992 honda civic?

[rshrop]

I own a 1992 honda civic VX hatchback. It has no power windows so it has a crank for the window and i need to know how to take that off so i can get the door pannel taken off.

[GhettoLegs]

It's really easy. Open the door, unscrew the plastic screw in the corner just below the side view mirror, then unscrew the metal screw that's in the little dish thing on the arm rest part of the door, then there's one screw that's a little hard to see... it's located in the inside door handle area. You can get to this by pulling the door handle in the open position so that you can get a screw driver up in there... the screw will be on the top part, you can access it through the bottom. If you don't have power windows, you'll need to pull the metal clip from the inside of the window roller. Usually people use a special tool but you can probably pry it with a flat head screwdriver. Just find the rounded edge of the metal clip and pry that with the screwdriver... be careful though in case it decides to shoot out of there. That should be all the retainers that are holding the door on... the rest are all built in clips. Now... start at the bottom of the door and pull the panel outwards. If you feel you're going to break it, don't pull too hard... but I've never had any problems. Pull and you should here a popping sound... that's the door coming out of one of the clips. Keep doing that until the door panel is out of all the clips. Then remove the door panel by lifting it upwards, because the panel hangs from the sill at the bottom of the window in a hook like fashion.

If you need more help, send me a private message. Also... I'd recommend that you search for a manual of some kind because those will help you out with things like this and you'll get a faster response. Go to a used book store and you should be able to find a Haynes manual for your car for around 5 bucks. It's not the best manual in the world, but it will certainly help you get the job done, especially with it's pictures and numbered steps. Good luck.

[civ69]

Hey GhettoLegs,

what do you got for rollers on that CX.. looks good

[GhettoLegs]

They are 17" Omni Concept VII's (basically Konig Tantrum knock-off's... only w/out the black tag on one of the spokes).

The tires are 205/40ZR17 Kuhmo Ecsta Supra 712's.

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