Window button replacement "fun"

[MartinThorn]

Afternoon! Had an intermittent driver's window button so replaced it with a new one off the usual auction site (very cheap).
Went ok.. but was moderate amount of swearing trying to get the door card off which you have to do in order to replace the buttons!

My experience - some door cards are harder to 'simply pop off' than the Youtube videos seem to show! Mine was stuck like a limpet* and when it did finally seperate, there was a small shower of plastic thanks to disintegrating trim grommets (the ones that were reluctant to come away from the car!).

So what would my advice be? Perhaps consider as well as the switches, buying a few spare front door trim clips too!

I've left mine with two/three in sub-optimal condition that may be replaced later if there's unwanted buzzing/rattling.

Electric window works again though!

*I was using several plastic bike tire levers so not exactly a trim tool but pretty close

 

[SuperV8]

Plastic goes brittle when cold - so best doing this in the warmer weather - or indoors - obviously not always the option!
But yes - I would assume you may break some and have some spares handy.

 

[MartinThorn]

Plastic goes brittle when cold - so best doing this in the warmer weather - or indoors - obviously not always the option!
But yes - I would assume you may break some and have some spares handy.

Yes, cold and old plastic not a great combination! And yes, she-who-must-be-obeyed wanted it fixed so couldn't wait for warmer weather..

 

[BillyCool]

I took my drivers door card off to change a wing mirror and mangled some of the clips. I bought some more but not fitted them yet. Over time (3 years) the door card is starting to rattle. I think that when the weather gets better I'll finally fit the new clips.

 

[DEAN0]

I will never remove a VW/SEAT/AUDI/SKODA door card without a pack of new clips in my tool box.

At £6.29 for 20 - it is not worth risking how many will get broken in the process

Door Card & Interior Trim Clips for Seat cars- 7L6868243Pack of 20

These are very common on Audi and VW cars but are used on just a few different Seat cars. The clip is distinctive with it's sprung head and integrated rubber sealing washer. The clips expand when pushed in and lock in place on the bodywork of the car. They are normally used for door card trim...

vehicleclips.co.uk

 

[Mr Pig]

I will never remove a VW/SEAT/AUDI/SKODA door card without a pack of new clips in my tool box.

At £6.29 for 20 - it is not worth risking how many will get broken in the process

Door Card & Interior Trim Clips for Seat cars- 7L6868243Pack of 20

These are very common on Audi and VW cars but are used on just a few different Seat cars. The clip is distinctive with it's sprung head and integrated rubber sealing washer. The clips expand when pushed in and lock in place on the bodywork of the car. They are normally used for door card trim...

vehicleclips.co.uk

Those must be the only trim clips I do not have! Why are there so many kinds? Wouldn't a couple of different ones done the job?

 

[MartinThorn]

I will never remove a VW/SEAT/AUDI/SKODA door card without a pack of new clips in my tool box.

At £6.29 for 20 - it is not worth risking how many will get broken in the process

Door Card & Interior Trim Clips for Seat cars- 7L6868243Pack of 20

These are very common on Audi and VW cars but are used on just a few different Seat cars. The clip is distinctive with it's sprung head and integrated rubber sealing washer. The clips expand when pushed in and lock in place on the bodywork of the car. They are normally used for door card trim...

vehicleclips.co.uk

And none of the Youtube videos that I watched mentioned needing to buy them!

 

[MartinThorn]

Hmm.. at night, the lighting within the new drivers side window switches are white.. but my other original switches on other doors are red! Now I'm wondering if it was always like that or have I installed a slightly incorrect variant (that works fine)!?

 

[SRGTD]

Hmm.. at night, the lighting within the new drivers side window switches are white.. but my other original switches on other doors are red! Now I'm wondering if it was always like that or have I installed a slightly incorrect variant (that works fine)!?

I suspect the original that you replaced had red backlighting like the others in your car.

 

[Craig.]

Hmm.. at night, the lighting within the new drivers side window switches are white.. but my other original switches on other doors are red! Now I'm wondering if it was always like that or have I installed a slightly incorrect variant (that works fine)!?

Sounds like you've fitted VW golf switches (or similar) as the golf interior is illuminated white

I think it's Golf, I'll check my notes lol

 

[Craig.]

what did you and your mk3 leon do today

Emailed both Seat Warranty and Seat HQ for updates on anything on Friday... Total silence... So I popped in to the dealership (as a passenger, still no courtesy car) where the car is sat with it's heart ripped out and it has moved from one side of the site to the other but still no engine, no...

www.seatcupra.net

 

[SRGTD]

Sounds like you've fitted VW golf switches (or similar) as the golf interior is illuminated white

I think it's Golf, I'll check my notes lol

The window switches in my 2020 Polo GTI+ had white illumination. With the Golf, VW changed to white illuminated switches with the mk7 (the switches in my Mk4, Mk5 and Mk6 Golfs all had red illumination).

 

[MartinThorn]

Sounds like you've fitted VW golf switches (or similar) as the golf interior is illuminated white

I think it's Golf, I'll check my notes lol

Yes, that will be it. Didn't think to check illumination colour - not that it matters too much anyway! Just had that strange feeling something wasn't quite right.. took me a good 20 minutes or so to figure out what it was!

 

[DEAN0]

And none of the Youtube videos that I watched mentioned needing to buy them!

Theoretically - they are re-useable.
You re-set them and then re-install them.

However - in reality - at least one seems to get broken.

I have just got in to the habit of keeping a pack in the garage.