Polo Door Trim Removal? + Dynamat

[mathemagician]

Hi everyone,

I have some rattles in the front and rear passenger side doors when listening to bass-y music in my Polo GTI. I have bought some Dynamat and thought I'd apply it. But a friend mentioned that it's apparently quite hard to get the door trim off without damaging it or any of the clips holding it, and that if one of the clips breaks the resulting rattle could be worse than the music-related one in the first place. Does anyone have any experience with removing the door trim and/or applying sound deadener in a MY2012.5 Polo (GTI)?

I have found this thread: How to remove interior trim to put more Dynamatt in the Polo?, but it refers to the previous Polo model, so I'm not sure if the clip positions/the tools mentioned would be the same for my car (see sig.)?

Thanks guys!

[Martin]

I'm sure the trim will come off without damage - it's a matter of knowing how to remove it correctly

Do you have the Elsa workshop software? Or know somebody that has it?

Hi everyone,

I have some rattles in the front and rear passenger side doors when listening to bass-y music in my Polo GTI. I have bought some Dynamat and thought I'd apply it. But a friend mentioned that it's apparently quite hard to get the door trim off without damaging it or any of the clips holding it, and that if one of the clips breaks the resulting rattle could be worse than the music-related one in the first place. Does anyone have any experience with removing the door trim and/or applying sound deadener in a MY2012.5 Polo (GTI)?

I have found this thread: How to remove interior trim to put more Dynamatt in the Polo?, but it refers to the previous Polo model, so I'm not sure if the clip positions/the tools mentioned would be the same for my car (see sig.)?

Thanks guys!

[mathemagician]

I'm sure the trim will come off without damage - it's a matter of knowing how to remove it correctly

My point exactly, you gotta know how to remove it correctly

Do you have the Elsa workshop software? Or know somebody that has it?

Nope, never even heard of it

[gavs]

I can help out mate, what time you home of a weekday? I could drop off the manuals for you.

[mathemagician]

Awesome, I'd really appreciate that! This week: Thursday, weekend; next week: most likely Monday, Thursday, weekend.

[ecks]

The manuals in PDF format don't cover this???

[gavs]

Tomorrow arvo, around 5? Pm me your details

[Guest001]

The manuals in PDF format don't cover this???

Yes they do and I have sent it to him this afternoon.

Easy as If you have the tools to do it. I bought mine on Ebay for 12$ and got the radio removal ones as well

[readerr0r]

Super cheap auto sell a set as well, it's pretty good quality too.

SCA Door Trim Remover Set - 5 Piece - Supercheap Auto Australia

[mathemagician]

Sorry for my late reply! Yes gavs, Hillbilly actually emailed me the manual as a PDF. You are still welcome to come by though for a GTI chat

Cheers for the SCA hint, readerr0r! Will have a look next time I drive past!