A-piller removal

[almitchell]

How do you get the a-pillar off to drill the necessary hole to route the wires through it?

 

[TORQUE THIS]

removal

pull from the top along the windshield, very carefully, there are 3 metal clips, top, mid, and bottom, don't be afraid to pull, it is very easy

 

[almitchell]

Thanks. That is my project for this weekend.

 

[EMDDIESEL]

A tip to remember, if once you take it down, it does not want to stay up, take a flat blade screwdriver and spread the top tab apart. I took mine down once before i put the gauge pod in and it would fall every week.

 

[johnrv4]

I remember reading here a while back that someone broke the metal tabs off of the plastic a-pillar when they went to remove it. What I do is pull the weatherstrip away from the a-pillar area first. Then I take a thin flat-blade screwdriver and slide it in the area where the weatherstrip was and push the metal tabs in and release them using the screwdriver. The a-pillar just about falls off and you don't have to worry about pulling the clips off.

 

[mediccummin]

why do you want to drill holes

Hi alvin, why cut holes, do you have the whole A-pillar? I can understand why the holes but if you have the whole thing why not just use it as a replacement. That way you save your stock one and don't cut it up. I might be heading the wrong way if you don't have the full A-pillar. It just requires one screw a small block of wood for behind it and a screw cap to hide the screw. Just a suggestion, good luck. Dwayne

 

[SFord]

I left my OEM pillar intact and just mounted the replacement pillar. Works great and stays in place with just the one screw method. Easy to do.

 

[SLittle]

Just installed my gauges in the a-pillar this weekend, removed the oem and used one screw for new 3 gauge pod, worked fine.



There are way to many wires etc to be feeding thru the oem pillar, better off just removing it. I may be slow moving but man, installing those 3 gauges was one long time consuming job. Sure am glad to have'em though.



Scott