How to remove vents????
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How to remove vents????
Ok, the vents just in front of the rear quarter windows, on the back of the B-pillar that have the black covers over them....once I remove the covers, how do I remove the vent "baffle?" thingie behind it??? Didnt want to do too much tugging till I had a clue what I was tugging on....thanks!
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The "lip" that sticks out of the body is sealed to the body, I got that loose and can get it to move, but it doesnt want to come out the hole. Its almost like putting a balloon in a hole and blowing it up and trying to take it back out the hole....I just dont want to tear the things up snatching on them until i have some clue what I am dealing with, as if I tear them its a straight path for water to get in the car... Pictures of it are nonexistant that I can find. Parts manual has a tiny line drawing, but thats it. Maybe I will make a trip to the salvage yard and remove one of theirs....need em out so I can get paint back between it and the front of the qtr windows, there is about a 1/2" wide strip thats painted...and I dont want over spray all over the vent since you can see it, and its too flexible to mask off more than likely....
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i pulled some out sometime. there is some glue somewhere, and i wanna say you can take them out from the outside, but its better from the inside?
i think leaving em in is fine.
oh you know i can go look at peepers
i think leaving em in is fine.
oh you know i can go look at peepers
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I'll study the inside, but I dont remember there being a hole big enough to pull them thru in the inner sheetmetal panel, cant hurt to look though. I've tugged as much as i fell safe tugging to pull them out, about to the point of giving up on them until i can go try it on a junker. Thanks for the tip.
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ok i just looked, they come from the outside. be careful though, there was something that makes my think there is a trick? lol i could just be wrong....
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Thanks, will try on another car and see what I can figure out. At this point I am leaning towards leaving them in and dealing with masking them off.
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Lol yeah I was a bit stumped too when I repainted mine, but honestly it seemed likely that it was going to break and then you'd really be stuck... I'm all for totally disasembling the car to do a proper paint job, but a few things are best left untouched. Nice car btw!
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