W208 Rear Quarter Trim Removal

[Hawkwind]

As the title says really, can anyone offer any advice on how to remove this panel. I need to realign the rear windows with the fronts and I don't really want to break anything

Any help much appreciated.

 

[Harley Man]

is your car a cabriolet ?

 

[Hawkwind]

Yes it is Harley Man.

Found this on another site

W208 cabriolet - rear side power window motor DIY - Mercedes-Benz Forum

 

[Hawkwind]

I managed to remove the back seat and rear panels.

To do this, you need to have the top down, but stop the hood operation when the hood cover is still vertical.

Here are some pictures to guide others that may need to do the same process.

Rear seats need to come out first. The seat base just pulls up at the front and then forwards. There are three bolts securing the seat back at the bottom and two screws hidden behind the centre arm rest backing panel.







Undo the seatbelt bolts, front and rear.

Next prise out the trim for the wind deflector on each side












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[Hawkwind]

There are some more fixings here




Remove the trim around the door edge covering the leading edge of the quarter trim panel and the panel itself will just pull away from the bottom edge (please do this gently!).

Refitting is a reversal of this, hope it helps

 

[Hawkwind]

Thought I'd include a pic of the reverse side of the quarter panel, so you can see the location of the trim clips.