Mazzyh
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Hi
My tailgate has suffered major damage and it's easier to replace it than repair it. Has anyone got experience of this? It's a 72 plate pre facelift model.
My specific questions are:
How difficult is it to remove the trim to get to the nuts that hold tailgate to the body?
The two wiring looms - where is the best place to disconnect them? One has a connector near the door hinge area but the other doesn't, so how hard is it to extract the other one and rethread it into the new tailgate?
The replacement tailgate has everything on it thankfully but they cut the loom that isn't connected at the hinge area. Before I start damaging things, I thought it better to ask.
There's a very useful thread and linked webpage that rcEng provided about the trim on the lower part of the tailgate but beyond that, I'm in the dark.
Many thanks.
My tailgate has suffered major damage and it's easier to replace it than repair it. Has anyone got experience of this? It's a 72 plate pre facelift model.
My specific questions are:
How difficult is it to remove the trim to get to the nuts that hold tailgate to the body?
The two wiring looms - where is the best place to disconnect them? One has a connector near the door hinge area but the other doesn't, so how hard is it to extract the other one and rethread it into the new tailgate?
The replacement tailgate has everything on it thankfully but they cut the loom that isn't connected at the hinge area. Before I start damaging things, I thought it better to ask.
There's a very useful thread and linked webpage that rcEng provided about the trim on the lower part of the tailgate but beyond that, I'm in the dark.
Many thanks.
