DIY: Drivers Door Keyhole Cover

[gymcshoe]

how about duct taping a little flathead screw driver behind the license plate so you can use it to remove the cover in case the car battery dies?

[TheIvoryG]

I jumped on this as well. Thanks to everybody for their feedback on it, and to Jason @ Riverside. Goes on and off super easy, and definitely makes it a nice clean look. Glad I did it...

[ti_rider]

I suppose your car battery is most likely to die when the car has been parked at your house for a while. I would probably just drill out the cover to access the keyhole, and destroy the cover.

I could always buy a new one, and I wouldn't risk scratching the paint on the door trying to pop off the cover.

Hopefully the issue just wouldn't come up.

[TheIvoryG]

Originally Posted by ti_rider

I suppose your car battery is most likely to die when the car has been parked at your house for a while. I would probably just drill out the cover to access the keyhole, and destroy the cover.

I could always buy a new one, and I wouldn't risk scratching the paint on the door trying to pop off the cover.

Hopefully the issue just wouldn't come up.

No worries about scratching paint...its really easy to pop this cover off...literally takes a flathead screwdriver and 10 seconds.

[terrycs]

If it's not too much trouble, can you (or someone thats done this) take a snapshot of where to insert the screwdriver for removal using the right size screw driver? The pics of the part by themselves wasn't too obvious.

I'm sure it would make sense after I bought the part, but I just wanted to see before going though the hassle.

Thanks

Originally Posted by TheIvoryG

No worries about scratching paint...its really easy to pop this cover off...literally takes a flathead screwdriver and 10 seconds.

[TheIvoryG]

These pics you found are actually perfect. On the first pic, you instert right where the red circle is to lift up the small tab that's holding the cover on. I used a slightly smaller than standard screwdriver. Smaller the better I think as mine was probably a tad too big. Definitely don't need glasses screwdriver though. Just a typical small flathead screwdriver. The 2nd pic is actually the lock plus the cover so you can get a better idea of what that little clip looks like.

I hope this helps. I went to take pics, but these are seriously as perfect as you can get.

Originally Posted by terrycs

[Jason@Riverside]

yes it can pop rite off and you can access your key hole!

This is available for the 07-08 G Sedan, 03-07 Coupe, G37 AND M35 / M45!

[InTgr8r]

...found this gem buried in the stack.

[_evilMonkey_]

Originally Posted by InTgr8r

...found this gem buried in the stack.

werD