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Old 26th September 2018, 10:23 PM
HPsauce HPsauce is offline
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And it isn't, it's moulded into the rather complex rubber seal, so I'll live with what I have for now.
Well, on further investigation it appears that it IS possible to remove the shiny black triangle, and I've done it!
Just 3 little starlock-type washers have to be sprung off and the shiny top surface pulls off with a bit of peeling.

Sadly, there's probably no way of swapping it over on an assembled door as it goes a considerable way down behind the outer skin and the washers are behind the door seal..
You need the window frame off the car and part of the rubber door seal peeled back from the frame as well to get at the fixings.
Part number for NSR is 4D0 853 273. Made in Ireland.

If I'd realised I would have done it mid-job, but there's no way I'm taking it all apart again!
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!

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