51 42 001 Replacing left or right rear door trim panel

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

• Remove rear door trim panel  
• Remove inside door opener  
• Remove toggle switch  . See 61 31 116 REPLACING ROCKER SWITCH FOR SIDE WINDOW OPERATION (REAR) .

  Specification with speaker: 

• Remove speaker cover   and  SPEAKER (TWEETER IN REAR DOOR)  . 
• Remove speaker  . See 65 13 090 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING SPEAKER (MID-RANGE SPEAKER, DOOR AT REAR) .

  Specification with roller sun blind: 

• Remove roller sun blind  

Version with light package: 

Remove entrance light.

Cut out cutout (1) for entrance light on new door trim panel with scalpel.

Fig 1: Identifying Cutout

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