I messed up, any ideas? can't open door...
#1
I messed up, any ideas? can't open door...
Hey so I was painting a few Interior pieces of my car and they turned out great.
Issue was that I took out the interior door handles and put the door panel back on so it didn't scrape the ground. Door accidently closed when I got to it. To top it all off my lock actuator broke so I can't open or close my passenger door.
Basically I'm assuming I have to hopelessly fish out the cable or cut the door panel and unlock it from there. Already looking at buying a used panel
Any magical solution someone knows about? I'm pretty sure I just screwed myself so I'm not expecting much
Issue was that I took out the interior door handles and put the door panel back on so it didn't scrape the ground. Door accidently closed when I got to it. To top it all off my lock actuator broke so I can't open or close my passenger door.
Basically I'm assuming I have to hopelessly fish out the cable or cut the door panel and unlock it from there. Already looking at buying a used panel
Any magical solution someone knows about? I'm pretty sure I just screwed myself so I'm not expecting much
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#5
Lmfao ok I just saved myself on this o e so here's a quick guide for anyone who has a locked door and needs to get to the cables:
Get a knife, sharp and thin. Cut a long the leather seam on the panel from the arm rest up and lengthwise halfway across the panel. Pry back and grab cables. Open door, take panel off, superglue leather back, replace door handle, reassemble.
Heart attack diverted
Get a knife, sharp and thin. Cut a long the leather seam on the panel from the arm rest up and lengthwise halfway across the panel. Pry back and grab cables. Open door, take panel off, superglue leather back, replace door handle, reassemble.
Heart attack diverted
#6
Lmfao ok I just saved myself on this o e so here's a quick guide for anyone who has a locked door and needs to get to the cables:
Get a knife, sharp and thin. Cut a long the leather seam on the panel from the arm rest up and lengthwise halfway across the panel. Pry back and grab cables. Open door, take panel off, superglue leather back, replace door handle, reassemble.
Heart attack diverted
Get a knife, sharp and thin. Cut a long the leather seam on the panel from the arm rest up and lengthwise halfway across the panel. Pry back and grab cables. Open door, take panel off, superglue leather back, replace door handle, reassemble.
Heart attack diverted
#7
Alright genius what would you do?
And worst? How is separating the leather segment from the panel the worst thing you can do when its easy to reattach and shows no sign of removal?
So humor me, how would you unlock a door without handles, access to lock cables, and no ability to take the door panel off?
Mistakes happen but to me it sounds like you have absoluety no idea what your talking about.
Last edited by BlameTheJD; 08-19-2014 at 03:12 PM.
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#10
Only reason this happened was because of a few bad circumstances and some neglect on my part. I should have used a zip tie to hold the cables but didn't and let the door close. So in short I messed up but fixed it in the most unnoticeable way I could see. Now its like nothing happened.
#11
Snapped what to a slim Jim? The cables were in the bottom right corner you couldn't really get to it without risking damaging a wire harness in the process. Its a really tight space once the door panel is on the storage segments and Styrofoam support sits up against the metal panel so you can't get past them.
#15
Hope that super glue holds up man and if you looking to fix that door lock actuator don't pay the dealer the 200 and change for one get a repair kit on ebay for 50 bucks here is a link to one of them. http://www.ebay.com/itm/281397111236...84.m1555.l2649
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