DYI: Removing a DC5 door trim and also replace power window regulator - No 56K =p

[dfekm3]

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

Aim:
To remove a DC5 door trim and also replace power window regulator

Required:
Phillips Head screw driver
Flat Head screw driver
Size 10 socket
Masking tape

Steps:

1. Prepare yourself with a redbull

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/002.jpg

Removing the door trim:

2. Insde the door handle, use a small flat head screw driver to pop the screw cover off

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/003.jpg

3. Undo the 2 screws with a phillips head screw driver behind the cover that you just popped off

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/004.jpg

4. Un-clip the cable that opens the door.. =p

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/005.jpg

5.Undo the cable that you use to lock your doors with

6. Undo the last screw found behind the door handle

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/007.jpg

7. Pop off the switches by the method below

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/008.jpg

8. Unplug the main control cable for the power windows

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/010.jpg

9. Underneath the arm rest, there are 2 more screws

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/011.jpg

10. Using your fingers, grab under the door trim and pull gently. It’s all clips behind the trim

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/012.jpg

11. Once you have popped all the clips out from the door trim and the door, push the door trim up to remove

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/013.jpg

12. Using masking tape, tape up the window to ensure that it wont side down while you’re working. You can do this step right at the beginning if you want.

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/015.jpg

13. Roll up the plastic inner cover so you have room to work with

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/016.jpg

14. On the left hand side, undo the 3 bolts that hold the power window motor. In the diagram below, I have already removed the motor.

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/017.jpg

15. With either someone holding the window or with one hand, hold the window from the inside of the door to stop it from sliding down, remove the temporary tape and slowly side the window down until you can see the 2 bolts that hold the glass to the rail. Once you have undone these 2 bolts, slowly slide the glass back up again and tape it up again

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/018.jpg

16. There are 4 bolts that hold the rails to the door, remove as per below

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/019.jpg
http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/020.jpg

17. Take the window regulator out and this is what happened to mine. The cable snapped and the car just happens to be 2 months out of warranty...

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/021.jpg

18. Comparing the 2nd hand replacement with the broken one

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/022.jpg

19. Grab the new replacement regulator and hook the motor back in place in the right direction and tighten the bolts and connect the power cable for it.

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/023.jpg

20. Screw the 4 bolts back in that holds up the rails

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/024.jpg

21. Connect up the power window buttons and test that the window closer moves up and down and align it back at the holes so you can bolt the glass back.

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/025.jpg

22. Get someone to hold the glass or use one hand to support the glass from inside the door, remove the masking tape and slowly slide the glass down, remembering to ensure that it slides down in the side guides.

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/026.jpg

23. Tighten up the 2 bolts that hold the glass to the rails again

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/027.jpg

24. Test that your window goes back up and down without any problems before you replace the door trim

25. Before you replace your door trim, check to see if any clips have not come off properly. Remove these clips and clip it back onto your door trim

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/030.jpg

26. Replace the door trim in reverse and test again.

http://www.foshaw.com/ozhonda/dc5_pw/031.jpg

27. Remove the masking tape and using some glass cleaner to

clean the window from your grubby fingers =o)


Other comments:
This took me about 1 hour to remove and replace the entire power window regulator but I hope these instructions will help someone else do it properly and don’t have to think and work it out them self.

[GIPONU]

oouch, that regulator had enough of ur opening and closing of the window..lols.
btw; HOLD THE CAMERA STILL!
other than that top stuff:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[dfekm3]

oouch, that regulator had enough of ur opening and closing of the window..lols.
btw; HOLD THE CAMERA STILL!
other than that top stuff:thumbsup::thumbsup:

haha.. yeah i think that the window opened and closed one too many times... lol

I tried to hold the camera (well my phone.. Nokia N95).. but trying to hold up the window with one hand and the camera with the other one and trying to zoom out as much as I can, just a tad hard.. haha

But cheers.. my first DYI =)

[AsH_]

need regular red bull...

sugar free tastes sh!t...

[dfekm3]

haha.. it was what was in the fridge a the time

[ECU-MAN]

good work dude, nice DIY

red-balls gives you wings :)