HOW TO:_ de-pin a mk1 vtr..!

  1. Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998
    #1
    Just thought i'd put a guide up how to de-pin a vtr MK1 as I can only find the mk2 guide - spose some1 might find it helpful....


    STEP 1 - TAKE DOOR CARDS OFF using a T20 Torx bit

    undo this one on the door card 1st


    now this one


    now give the door card a pull from the bottom edge first and pull the whole card off being careful not to snap the clips





    STEP 2 ACCESS INNER DOOR & UNCLIP ROD & PULL HANDLE

    slide the door pull handle toward the front of the car & push the road out by twisting the handle



    Undo these 3 by using a T30 torx bit - might need an allen key type as they may be really tight



    Now once the door catch mechanism is loose pull it towards you and youll see the rods move, have a fiddle with the top rod that comes out of the doorcard so u know where and how it will move....now the rod we want to take out is clipped onto the door catch mechanism so what you want to do is grab the very end of the rod and pull it towards you and it will unclip - have patience its a little fiddly! if you look into the door itll look like this:-



    Once the rod is unclipped just slide it out and your done! Just put the doorcard back on, be careful not to snap the clips again, repeat the same on the other door!

    The gromet to fill the hole is 13mm i think - can get them from ebay or halfords and if you break doorcard clips you can get them from ebay - just type in saxo door card clips. Any questions please ask!
  2. Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998
    #2
    anyone like my guide???
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Isle of Man Posts: 9844 92 Eunos
    #3
    I will be using this when I get home...Always wondered Also there is a guide saying you can just tug it and it will come off....but I will do it this way!
  4. Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998
    #4
    nice one mate just thought id see if anyone finds it helpful, its easy as piss to do literally just unclip the rod once you've found the end - its connected to the bottom side of the door catch mechanism box thingy lol, i see you live on the isle of man...been there 9 times i love the place, TT time soon!!!
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 wirral Posts: 6348 Icelandic vtr turbo
    #5
    can someone explain to me why you want to do this and how do you reconnect it back up
  6. Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998
    #6
    people do this for cosmetic looks and for security, and its literally a reversal of the guide to reconnect them, easy!
  7. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810
    #7
    why did you remove the handle? if you just fiddle about with the pin it should just unclip off
  8. Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Chippenham, Wiltshire Posts: 667 Silver Mk1 VTR 16v S1 Rallye 8v
    #8
    all i did was remove the doorcard and fiddle it off with my hand round the back, was a fiddle though
  9. Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998
    #9
    i was following the mk2 guide at the time so didnt really know what I was doing lol
  10. Established Member Joined: Jan 2011 Bridgwater, Somerset Posts: 1092 2001 Saxo 1.1
    #10
    Good guide, just not sure how it makes a car look any better without the door pins.
  11. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810
    #11
    its a theif deterrant. a really common way for theives to brake in is to either bend the door back at the top and pull the pin up, or jam a screw driver beside the lock on the door.

    without a doorpin it makes it 'less easy'

    also a grommit from halfords fills up the hole nicely so it looks better than standard
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