 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  12-19-2008, 06:20 PM | #1 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Athens, Ga Posts: 44 |  Help with drivers side door handel cover
I feel like an idiot. But I cant get my trim peice for my door handle to go on. You know the piece that goes around the key lock on the outside that has the little peice of rubber with it. any ideas?? its not broken and I know its something stupid i forgot to do. My door handle is on already and All i have to do to finish from taking my old door off and putting this one on is put this molding on. any help would be awesome. |  |  | | 12-19-2008, 06:40 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Memphis, Tn Posts: 1,299 |
I think I know what you are talking about but could you please post a picture? Are you saying you cannot get your outside door handle back on?? __________________
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225k miles and still the Ti goes on | | | | | 12-19-2008, 06:45 PM | #3 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Athens, Ga Posts: 44 | its the trim piece that goes
the door handle trim. doing a little research there is a locking mechanism on the actual door handle that you access it from inside the door. a little plastic piece comes off and its supposed to unlock it. i cant find that locking switch its part number 1 in the picture  Quote: Originally Posted by Will'sBimmer  I think I know what you are talking about but could you please post a picture? Are you saying you cannot get your outside door handle back on?? | | | | | | 12-19-2008, 06:46 PM | #4 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Athens, Ga Posts: 44 |
| | | | | 12-19-2008, 06:50 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Memphis, Tn Posts: 1,299 |
Hmmm it seems like it should just click back on. I see part number 1. That is the trim piece for the outside. I thought it just clicked or snapped on......will it just not snap back on for you? __________________
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225k miles and still the Ti goes on | | | | | 12-19-2008, 06:56 PM | #6 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Athens, Ga Posts: 44 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Will'sBimmer Hmmm it seems like it should just click back on. I see part number 1. That is the trim piece for the outside. I thought it just clicked or snapped on......will it just not snap back on for you? | No it wont. Weird. I looked up in my repair manual and it says to unlock the mechanism for it. I cant remeber how i got it off, i did unlock something onthe inside of the door (like where the door locks onto the car) a plastic piece i took off and i unlocked it there. cant see what to do | | | | | 12-19-2008, 08:08 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Memphis, Tn Posts: 1,299 |
does it have something to do with the lock itself. Maybe like you have to secure the lock in there and then maybe tighten it down from behind????? I am a little confused as you are. I am looking at that diagram..........hmmm do you have part #13(the base) in place???? __________________
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225k miles and still the Ti goes on | | | | | 12-19-2008, 08:19 PM | #8 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Athens, Ga Posts: 44 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Will'sBimmer does it have something to do with the lock itself. Maybe like you have to secure the lock in there and then maybe tighten it down from behind????? I am a little confused as you are. I am looking at that diagram..........hmmm do you have part #13(the base) in place???? | Yeah i do. its ready to go. | | | | | 12-19-2008, 10:30 PM | #9 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: U.S. Posts: 26 |
I Think i know what your problem is.
There is a thin piece of metal that is on the inside of your door right where the handle cover goes in (not pictured in the above parts list). I assume you have your door panel off, so put the handle cover on from the outside, and on the inside where the "teeth" from the handle cover go in, slide the thin metal part so that it "locks" the handle cover in place. Like i said it is very thin (almost paper thin) and looks brown-ish, it might be copper? I hope this helped. | | | | | 12-19-2008, 10:38 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 |
on the edge of the door, where the lock latch is there is a oval plastic cover remove this with a light, look in the hole and you will see the "lever" swing the lever in towards the inside of the car. this is the unlocked position fit the cover on, then push the lever back to the locked position the hold the cover firm. i used a long flat headed screwdriver and it worked fine  __________________ 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mallard on the edge of the door, where the lock latch is there is a oval plastic cover remove this with a light, look in the hole and you will see the "lever" swing the lever in towards the inside of the car. this is the unlocked position fit the cover on, then push the lever back to the locked position the hold the cover firm. i used a long flat headed screwdriver and it worked fine | ^Yea thats what I was talking about except i forgot about the oval plastic cover.  | | | | | 02-06-2009, 12:28 AM | #12 | | Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SLC, Utah Posts: 32 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Mallard on the edge of the door, where the lock latch is there is a oval plastic cover remove this with a light, look in the hole and you will see the "lever" swing the lever in towards the inside of the car. this is the unlocked position fit the cover on, then push the lever back to the locked position the hold the cover firm. i used a long flat headed screwdriver and it worked fine | Thanks for the info. Worked wonders for me today.  | | | | |
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