Door card removal

[Nitsrik1976]

Has anyone done this yet? And guides or pictures please

 

[VW Golf 132]

Need to take it off myself tomorrow, read somewhere that there is screws under the door and have to unclip the door handle and u should see more screws under the clip. Then just lift off the door card but I think it still might be on clips

 

[kevinm1]

It's handy enough. Just buy some spare clips for holding the door card to the door because you will break some. Get about 3/4 spare per door. They are only 15c each.

 

[TheSwede]

As the ones on mk6 I suppose…..

I have removed the back inner door trims on our mk 7 estate. The fasteners was identical to the one on mk6 and normally you need some extra of those as kevinm writes . Under the trim there aren’t any screws (rear door) but one special plastic fastner under the red glas that you have to turn ¼ rev.

The screws under the trim are visable on the front doors.

Easy done.

/Peter

 

[Marissa]

I'm curious, what are your reasons for removing the door cards so early in the cars life?
The only time I did this on a previous Golf was to replace the speakers on my mk4 as they were frankly rubbish. The mk7 standard speakers however are in my view good quality, and it they were not, I would have ordered the upgrade.
This leaves me wondering what people are changing that requires their removal?

UPDATE
Sorry. I'm being stupid, I take it that people by and large upgrading their wing mirrors

 

[TheSwede]

.........This leaves me wondering what people are changing that requires their removal?

UPDATE
Sorry. I'm being stupid, I take it that people by and large upgrading their wing mirrors

Wing mirrors - Since I removed trim from rear doors I obviously had another reason .

My answer - See posting 5 and 8 in the tread below:

http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?p=45370#post45370

/Peter

 

[Nitsrik1976]

I'm curious, what are your reasons for removing the door cards so early in the cars life?
The only time I did this on a previous Golf was to replace the speakers on my mk4 as they were frankly rubbish. The mk7 standard speakers however are in my view good quality, and it they were not, I would have ordered the upgrade.
This leaves me wondering what people are changing that requires their removal?

UPDATE
Sorry. I'm being stupid, I take it that people by and large upgrading their wing mirrors

I noticed my check-strap was cracked on the drivers door (shocking).
I removed the door card the other day, fairly straight forward but you have to be careful how it fits around near the wing mirror aperture so i took it off gently and at an angle

 

[kevinm1]

I took them off to replace the reflector in the door card with a light

 

[Marissa]

I took them off to replace the reflector in the door card with a light

Does the GTi not have this?

 

[kevinm1]

I have not seen them fitted to any mk7...

 

[Marissa]

I have not seen them fitted to any mk7...

Now I feel like I need to check this as I open the drivers door onto on-coming traffic when parking at home.

didn't this come as standard on previous editions?

 

[TheSwede]

........ didn't this come as standard on previous editions?

The mk6 GTI was empty from bulbs, no light there.

 

[kevinm1]

Now I feel like I need to check this as I open the drivers door onto on-coming traffic when parking at home.

didn't this come as standard on previous editions?

It has not been factory fitted to a golf since some early mk5's.

 

[BEEG AL]

Where is the power plug for door lights when door card is removed?