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Originally Posted by AI Joe
My research leads me to believe the removal and subsequent re-install of the panels is not easy. I even wonder if Jackson Center has the skill to do this.
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Originally Posted by Rocinante
I would say that it's probably not easy. I had a 5-rivet AS dealer fix one of our electric shades back there.
I can see bumps on the inside lining of the door that they re-attached after removing it and replacing the shade motors. These are probably where they struggled to get the "christmas tree" widgets into the door so it would re-attach.
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It is easy to remove if you
have the right tools and do not pull on the panels themselves. I have done exactly this to shorten excess wiring on all 4 of my powershades.
1. Use proper stout trim removal tools for these panels, especially the top AI built. The flimsy kinds will break or just bend.
2. Mine is a 2018 AI built on 2017 Sprinter and I still broke a couple of the MB fasteners. Yours is older and will likely be more brittle. I also broke 1 trim tab when I missed an inner MB fastener and pulled too strong without using trim tool.
3. Start by removing bottom MB panel. This gave me better access directly under the light AI mouse fur panel. It was easier for me to see & access the next higher fasteners from the bottom as the lower fasteners got removed.
4. Re-using the MB fasteners is ok if not broken. But the AI fasteners seem to be a tad fatter than the holes they drilled for them which renders them totally bung'ed up after removal. Get fasteners slightly smaller if you can find them. The pic of the naked door below is a non-AI door. You can see that it doesn't have holes to mount the light colored mouse fur panel. So AS had to drill holes for mounting their panel. They could've drilled a slightly larger hole to facilitate easier mounting of the panel.
5. If you looked closely on my re-attached AI top trim panel, I purposely left the 2 bottom corners slightly lifted by not pushing the new clips all the way in. That way if I need to remove again, it's easier to access without removing bottom MB panel.