Originally Posted by
onehundred80
I have the lid in my hand and from what I see there are the screws holding the silver panel on. Does the part split apart after this panel is removed? The base is made from two parts, can they be pried apart or are the glued together?
These parts have to be apart to assemble the latch.
It may be that you will have to buy the correct colour base on eBay and fix your silver trim to it if the silver colour is wrong or not as good as yours is.
Frankly I think buying a replacement part is the best idea as that spring hinge would be a nightmare to reassemble.
Yes, you take out those screws you are mentioning and the silver center trim piece does come off, but the "base pieces" do not come apart any further. I tried carefully prying apart the remaining pieces part, thinking they were perhaps "snapped" together, but wasn't feeling it would end well with much more pressure. Too as you mentioned I believe the remaining parts are in fact glued together. I did do a quick search on Car-Parts for a used part, and as you mentioned conditions and color matching can be tricky. I'll search ebay see what I come up with.
Thanks for replying, I've been a fan since I bought the car and found the forum in 2011, Take care.