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Finally on to the last box.  Is it me or is there not an easy way to get the doors open??  Everything works in terms of the latches and buttons, but I’m having to carefully pry under the little recess next to the button with a very tiny doodad that won’t scratch the paint.  

This is dumb and they should have thought of something & provided instruments with the kit for operating the doors, dash buttons, brake pedal, etc. given this price point.

  • 2 weeks later...
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Try looking for a spudger on Amazon or Google.  It's a flat bladed plastic tool used for prising open phone cases, etc.  Ideal for the job and they are very cheap.  They come in a variety of shapes and sizes.  Personally, I'm tempted to remove the latch from the mechanism so it doesn't need pressing to open the door.  

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That's what I ended up doing ... removed the button mechanisms.  I have some small plastic gunsmithing tools I can use to open doors via the hole where the buttons were.  I don't mind them not being there - they were kind of big and not really to scale, anyway.

  • 6 months later...
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I just put on a door today. It is very hard to pull it up when I press the button. I'll just let the door rest in place without latching it.

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I am far away of this stage and wondering if you leave off the latch, could you open the door wit a suction cup pen? It seems better tah any tool near the paint.

  • 3 months later...
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On 10/11/2024 at 1:35 PM, Siffert917 said:

I am far away of this stage and wondering if you leave off the latch, could you open the door wit a suction cup pen? It seems better tah any tool near the paint.

It's a possibility, but the paint shouldn't be damaged by using a plastic tool to lift the door, or a finger nail for that matter.

  • 5 weeks later...
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I've found that (on my model, at least), though the catches do hold the doors closed you don't need to press the button to open them. Just insert a cocktail stick with the sharp end cut off into that recess by the catch, and lever. Hey presto! the door opens.

  • 5 months later...
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There were a couple of good options suggested here...I decided the path of least resistance was to cut the tip off the latch. It leaves the button in place so there's no hole. Now I just push up on the number light to get the door open.

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I actually cut the hook smaller but it is still a pain to open the doors. I will probably go with Lee DeRouds solution since the doors are very heavy and stay closed without the latch.

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