Step 3: Disassembling the door panel
Drag the window down and put the key to position 0 or remove it from the starter.
The wallpaper frame is held by 4 clips and 6 screws.
We start with the doorbell. On top of it, there is a plastic clasp.
With a knife, remove and unscrew the screw that is hidden beneath.
Continue with the plastic piece of the controls. We use one of the plastic removal tools and place it as in the photo.
We lift the plastic piece with the buttons carefully upwards, as indicated by the arrows.
Unhook the cable connectors, remove the plastic piece, and replace the mirror control lever with the one for tilting.
Then unscrew the two screws located behind.
The last 3 screws are located at the bottom of the wallpaper frame.
There are 2 back and 1 front. Unscrew them with Torx size 20.
Then we have to remove the 4 clips, which are in the positions shown in the picture.
With one of the plastic tools you make a lever to open the wallpaper a little and with a thin straight screwdriver unclip the clip on the top left.
To do this, put the screwdriver's nose at the point of each clip's notch and push it toward you. The point of the notch is where the arrow of the photo shows.
In the following photos you see the difference between the clipped and the unclipped clips respectively. The teeth on the clip are outward in the shape of a "caliper".
It will sound a distinctive sound unlocking, and at that point you will be able to pull out the wallpaper easily with the clip on the piece of upholstery and not on the iron part of the door.
If the clip stays on the door, preventing the wallpaper from detaching, it means that it has not kicked or pinched.
The bottom left clip was locked in our case, so we had to take it out violently and hence need to be replaced.
Finally, for the 2 front clips, you can simply pull the wallpaper to your side and snap out.
You will notice now that the wallpaper is divided into 2 parts, in 1 small piece of plastic that comes next to the base of the glass and the other part is the largest.
Lift upwards, unhook the cable wires and unhook the hook from the door trim.
The photo appears to have come out of the big part of the wallpaper while the small part is still on the bottom of the door.
Put down the panel.