Remove Rear Side Panel -sliding Door
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Front fixing bolts by sliding door. Need to remove rear light assembly to get access to fixing bolt at rear of the panel. Then just a firm straight quick pull as the side of the panel is fixed with plastic clips (see picture, clip diameter 20mm). Unfortunately most of them will break when panel is removed, so better have new ones available before even starting the job. Be careful not to scratch paint at top of the panel + side of the van when removing.
Removing rear light assembly will log a fault into memory- but will clear itself pretty soon, no action needed.
@Craig87 did you find some in the end?
I do indeed mate - how many do you have?
And I need to pay you for the footwell lighting, don’t forget!
I need some of these as well. I removed the panel to add some silentcoat to deaden the tinny sound of that panel and every single clip shattered on removal.
All 7 need replacing.
I believe the part number is
7E0843514
Found a pack of 10 for a few quid on ebay, search seller Byronix
VW T5 TRANSPORTER SLIDING DOOR GUIDE RAIL COVER TRIM CLIPS SIDE 7H0843514 WHITE | eBay
All 7 need replacing.
I believe the part number is
7E0843514
Found a pack of 10 for a few quid on ebay, search seller Byronix
VW T5 TRANSPORTER SLIDING DOOR GUIDE RAIL COVER TRIM CLIPS SIDE 7H0843514 WHITE | eBay
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10 for £3.35 on eBay, I'll try them first thanks.
They also do the T5 version that is black with a foam sealing ring. Are these any more durable? Will they fit the T6 as well? Why was the design changed?
VW T5 TRANSPORTER Caddy SLIDING DOOR GUIDE RAIL COVER TRIM CLIPS SIDE 7H0843658A | eBay
They also do the T5 version that is black with a foam sealing ring. Are these any more durable? Will they fit the T6 as well? Why was the design changed?
VW T5 TRANSPORTER Caddy SLIDING DOOR GUIDE RAIL COVER TRIM CLIPS SIDE 7H0843658A | eBay
Cheers mate. If you can’t find them or don’t get time to look, I’ll order some from TPS locally because I’ve put the trim back on for the minute and the sliding door catches ever so slightly
that’ll give me a job to do this Wednesday. Do you have the sliding-door bottom hinge covers in stock?
Another thread resurrection - I’ve discovered a very small water leak coming from the plastic rivets that fastens the sliding door cover panel.
What do think, seal it up on the inside, or take the panel off and replace the clip?
Pictures attached and zooming into the pesky white clip.
What do think, seal it up on the inside, or take the panel off and replace the clip?
Pictures attached and zooming into the pesky white clip.
If you can, seal them from the inside, I broke every clip taking that cover off to add sound deadening to it, the clips just shatter.
Eric Grant
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Do the clips mention above do the T6 as well as the T5??
I found the Black ones advertised as being for the T5 did not work on the T6, the white ones were OK though.
Eric Grant
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Thanks for that, much appreciated. I’ll but them.
I'm going through the process of adding sound deadening to my LWB Shuttle and I'm wondering what people have done in order to apply some to this panel:
It doesn't appear to be accessible from the inside and it's annoyingly tinny compared to the panels above and below that I've applied sound deadening to.
Can it be removed without damaging it?
Thanks,
Bunny
It doesn't appear to be accessible from the inside and it's annoyingly tinny compared to the panels above and below that I've applied sound deadening to.
Can it be removed without damaging it?
Thanks,
Bunny
thats the external cover plate for the sliding door mech - dont worry about it, no benefit from doing that..
it can be removed, but no point.
just apply to inside surface.
it can be removed, but no point.
just apply to inside surface.
Glad you asked, I've been wondering the same. When you shut the door it sounds awful. I just don't know how to remove it to put a few strips of silent coat on it.
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