found this helpfull, i need to pull of my pass. side panel and investigate the speaker, it just went out mysteriously

 

If anyone is interested, I have spare oem pods that were opened up to fit tweeters. They fit dynaudio tweeters perfectly. The black pods were from a 2003.

 

I have not seen this thread in 7 years. I just realized I never showed how my 'custom door' end up. Here it is.



I also did a 'custom console' for elbow room on the other side.



I now have loads of elbow room on both sides and still love my car!

 

One 'tip' - I was impatient, and lacking the scecialty trim tool just pulled hard with my hands, clip by clip, starting at the back top of the door. It worked just fine for me, no damage done.

This picture should help clarify step 3, it shows the screws that hold the 'door grip' on from the back side of the door trim panel. I am holding my old door grip up for orientation, above where the new door grip is already installed. The small philips gold chromated screws come in from the back side and hold the grip on to the panel. The service manual doesn't mention these screws.

I was just attempting to replace my handle - I had thought all I had to do was remove the two large philips screws from the inside of the car, but alas one needs to remove the whole door panel to replace the handle.



Thanks for the excellent pictorial and interesing story.

 

more pics on how you did the door and the center console.

did you end up cutting out that metel under the console?
that safe?

 

Wow, interesting console mod, did you have to cut into the X-frame to do that? Notice any changes in rigidity?

 

This was a fairly extensive mod. First off I cut out the driver's side of the console and then weld a new top of the new lower cut, so that I did not lose any ridgity on the side. Additionally, I covered the entire front console with a metal piece (completely removable) that was strong enough to stand on, which was then covered with leather. Everything was as strong if not stronger than before.

 

I need to replace the passenger side door, outside window trim, where the glass meets the door (keeps water from going inside door). Has anyone done this?
Oz

 

usually you just need to pull it out.

 

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