Removal and Installation
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Montego, 2006 Ford Freestyle, and 2006 Ford Five Hundred. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove the rear seat bolster. For additional information, refer to REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .
- Remove the C-pillar trim panel screw cover.
- Remove the C-pillar trim panel screw.
- Remove the C-pillar trim panel.
- Pull the forward bottom edge of the lower C-pillar toward the center of the vehicle.
- Separate the lower C-pillar from the D-pillar trim panel.
- Position the C-pillar trim panel toward the inside of the vehicle.
- Separate the C-pillar trim panel from the rear safety belt.
- To install, reverse the removal procedure.