Hello all,

Anyone know of a way to remove the above interior panel to access the rear tweeter without taking off the whole interior panel?

If I need to remove the whole interior door panel, is there a good way to avoid breaking the retainer clips? Mine seem to be quite brittle on my 04 coupe.

 

The tweeter is attached to the inside face of the door panel as I recall. Here are two pictures, one of the door with the panel removed and another of the inside face of the door panel.
I have removed my door panels a few times with no problem, I used a cedar shim slid it down so it hit the clip and just levered it apart. The pictures shows the clip positions.
Remember to re clip the door latch wire to the white plastic clip, I forgot once and had to un clip it again.

 

Awesome reply! Thank you for the help! I'll give it a bash over the weekend

Looking at the linked photos showing just the tweeter panel, it looks possible to just remove the single panel without taking the whole lot off, am I mistaken?

 

There is a screw hidden behind the tweeter trim panel, a screw behind the ABS clip and two screws behind the door handle front cover.
See here.

Extra details are shown here.

The front panel of the interior handles are best removed I have found with a thin metal scraper blade pushed up from underneath where you can feel gaps that are clear all the way into the door handle, use a mirror to see them.

 

What size are the two torx screws at the back of the panel by THE latch

 

Post #4 has that info : T9

 

I damaged a couple of the clips, they were so brittle. Is there a parts number so I could buy some more?