Cti Boot Lid External Trim Panel Removal

[lagonda 42]

Due to someone (not me!) slamming the boot lid down, the O/S half is now flapping free, and the central fixing pin above the lock is broken. So it's now held on just by the fixings on the N/S.

I can see that the O/S fixing is two pins fixed to the boot lid which engage with slots in the plastic.

Logic dictates that the N/S fixing is identical.....is that it? I can lift the panel away from the lock and waggle the O/S up and down....but no amount of downward-pulling will release the N/S.

So...should I be looking for some other fixing (maybe the 205 badge?), or do I just need to pull harder?

Also....is this plastic panel easily available...is it the same as that fitted to GTis?

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Remove the badge, behind there should be a metal clip that slides onto the rivet on the boot lid to hold the slatted panel on.

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

Same as GTIs and any other 205 too

[steve@cornwall 100]

Probably find the clips have rusted away on the loose side. Iirc the plastic panel is curled around the edge of the bootlid too and slides upward to fit ?

[lagonda 42]

Thanks all.

 

Yes, Steve, there is a lip that curls round.....largely shattered away on mine, though.

 

How do I remove the badge to get to the clips...is it just a press fit?!

[welshpug 1,657]

They're stuck down with foam tape, or were originally.

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

If you've strong fingernails you can usually pull them off, otherwise a plastic trim tool is ideal, failing that a screwdriver with some tape wrapped round so you don't mark the trim.