07 jetta

front doors! what a pain in the arse i had today with them. tryed getting the tint below the gaskets and the gaskets fought back for like 10 minutes on each door. Dont worry I won, but what a pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for sharing, so there not fun huh?

Too much time spent on this POS car for for the 2.5 cent. Time for some good old panel popin...

seriously, just take the screw out , peel the pannel back and hook out the rubber seal

jeeeeah i just pop back the top of the panel and remove the gasket buddy

I am smart

Did one yesterday and had no problem did'nt tuck or pull the plotter cuts it out just above the gasket so i figured that would be ok

we pop the tops back on the fronts, and remove the full panels on the rear. the rubbers are hard to get back in without pulling the whole rear panel.

I agree, however for those of you who aren't aware with the type of clips that VW uses for the likes of Jetta, Passat and Golf, they are the 2 tier pop up type.

They are inside the panel like they were glued. The clips are meant to pop up to release the tension that made those clips stayed firm inside the panel in the first place. But they are so hard to pop out you can quite easily break the plastic bit that hold those clips in the first place.

I haven't work out a safe way of pulling out the clips so it is just a matter or luck.

These pegs seem to be like the ol' toyota clip that is at the top, the one at the top that you push the center in to release. I found that if you just pry back on the panel just enough to get the center to release on all of the clips, but not pull the panel complely away from the door until all have been popped, then gently pull the panel out away from the door. Its much easier to show then explain. These dont pop out of the door like most clips, damn germans.

Has this car changed from the 05 , 06

I didnt think so, but man they sure make panel pulling sound hard...But i am a so it no prob. for me

because if it's the same..just 1 screw on the 2 front doors and no screws on the rear doors for easy gasket removal

Not even that much involved. Just remove the screw from the top of the door, on front side of the panel, and then just use something to pry it back slightly. I use a panel popper tool, and just jam it between the panel and the speaker at the top. That pulls the panel out just enough to get the film behind easily.

Jetta was one of the first cars I pulled panels on... I pull them almost all the time now. Did an Escalade last week and went like budda.

This is definatley not the one screw in the side of the panel model. I pulled one rear panel off and said fug it and put it back together. If you want to give it a go, they have one T20 torx on the bottom of the panel by the reflector, two T30 screws hidden behind the door pull cover. Fronts look the same. Pry like a mofo and hope you don't break anything. Rubber's a biatch to get out too.

word, got one next week. That thing looks cake.