I neet to remve the cover from the boot door of my hach octavia and I want to do it right (not like when I remove the door panels and broke some pins who hold them:( )

If somebody experienced this job please help me with some advice

Thank's!

Hello, Irin.

I posted a question on this site just last week: I had put a small dinge in the tailgate of my Octy II estate when I was reversing in a supermarket car park and didn't see a small fence which was below the waistline of the car. I wanted to remove the plastic trim so I could push out the dent but I didn't get any replies other than suggestions to go to a professional body shop.

Anyway, yesterday I took the bull by the horns and managed to release the trim sufficiently to push out the dinge. I presume the procedure would be similar for the hatchback. I had to unscrew the rubber handle that hangs down for shutting the lid (I'm not sure if the hatchback has one of these) and then I managed to prise the clips out using a broad flat screwdriver wrapped in cloth,starting on one side at the lower corner of the rear screen. Once started, it was fairly easy to release the other clips. Surprisingly, the clips are metal - most modern cars now seem to have plastic clips to hold on trim like this. And I didn't break a single clip either.

Best of luck!

John.

The clips are indeed metal. They dont break, however they do normally break the rather more expensive bit of trim, kinda backwards I think.

Following your advice I manage to take the plastic cover of in one piece (unscrew the rubber handele and pull the metal clips )

Now I am waiting for a friend to put it back because the hatch plastic has 2 hooks

(one each side) who need to be pushed up-in, then the metas clips.

Thanks John and Lummox!

Well done Irin! Glad it worked!

Best Wishes,

John.