ebeponyan
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Just want to give my thanks for your sacrifice. You saved me a headache, a heartache and few hundred dollars at the shop.
A clear look at the slide latches on the inside of the door panel. White paint streaks left by the steel garage door arm buffed out without incident.
The exposed outside of the door mechanism with corresponding clips. This supports a sliding motion rather than pressing to clip in.
In our case, the bottom left clip popped out leaving the whole door with the appearance of being bent entirely to hell (photo not included, but take my word for it- the door did not look healthy). The charge door may look and feel cheap, but the latches are a surprisingly robust design if they can withstand being caught between an unstoppable force (428 lb*ft of torque) and an immovable object (our garage door frame/arm).
To set it all back in place, I pulled outward on the painted panel with the door in the open position. It should slide out with minimal effort, just by pulling toward you. After that, it's just a matter of lining the tracks up and sliding the panel back in. Really remarkably easy.
Worth noting that I did not have a charge port dent preventer installed, but I'm doubtful it would have done much to save my front quarter panel with the forces involved in this scenario. Hopefully that dent comes out cleanly.
A clear look at the slide latches on the inside of the door panel. White paint streaks left by the steel garage door arm buffed out without incident.
The exposed outside of the door mechanism with corresponding clips. This supports a sliding motion rather than pressing to clip in.
In our case, the bottom left clip popped out leaving the whole door with the appearance of being bent entirely to hell (photo not included, but take my word for it- the door did not look healthy). The charge door may look and feel cheap, but the latches are a surprisingly robust design if they can withstand being caught between an unstoppable force (428 lb*ft of torque) and an immovable object (our garage door frame/arm).
To set it all back in place, I pulled outward on the painted panel with the door in the open position. It should slide out with minimal effort, just by pulling toward you. After that, it's just a matter of lining the tracks up and sliding the panel back in. Really remarkably easy.
Worth noting that I did not have a charge port dent preventer installed, but I'm doubtful it would have done much to save my front quarter panel with the forces involved in this scenario. Hopefully that dent comes out cleanly.