So I finished it. It was a very easy quick process. About an hour. My first time on an X. There are quite a few little pointers that I did not see posted. I realized some as pulling and yanking on stuff is not the right way to do shit.

1. The plastic plug in the side of the door is two part. You need your thinnest plastic prying tool to get under the lip. Then just work it around with two prying tools.

2. The little handle part, the part held by the allen bolt, that does not pull when you pull the handle. Once Allen bolt is out, you need to first move that part to rear of car like 1/8 th inch. You need to do the same on assembly. Slide it in, then push it forward.

3. The handle part that does move. It has an 8mm nut and rod. Also a little bit of a trick here. First pull handle to open position, take off nut. Push the rod bolt out. It has a square end on other side. Remove this carriage bolt type thing out completelly to not harm paint. While holding handle open, look at that joint from the bottom. The one you just unbolted. Take a flat head, thin one and pop the carrier locking notch away from handle. It actually has a tiny notch there. No wiggling or force required. But stop. Don't separate it all the way yet. Pull handle open and stick a plastic pry tool in to keep carrier in open position. This is to remove the stress from the front plastic. Tilt handle down 2 hours or so (30 degrees). Pull out front from its hole. Don't force it, it comes out easy.

4. I used a thick plastic right angle prying tool again and popped the ball joint thing, and the white plastic holder. Basically put tool behind it, and push up. I managed to push these guys back in with pure man thumb strength.

This was the front right door.

Tools used were an assortment of red plastic prying tools. Two flat head screw drivers, a 1/4" and 1/8" tips ones. A Phillips. 1/4" ratchet, 3" extension, torx bits and 1/4" sockets. 5" bungie chord for hanging airbag.

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