Interior rear lower panel help!!!!!!

pat1979 malibu

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Jul 16, 2010
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Hey guys, has anyone ever taken out and reinstalled the rear lower interior trim panels? I'm trying to find out how to remove with the seat belts running through ( it looks like you have to take the seatbelt apart to remove?????????Any help would be great> Thanks
 

2doorBu

Frequent Racer
This should help.
http://www.maliburacing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=67677
 

pat1979 malibu

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Jul 16, 2010
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Mount Ephraim,NJ
I'll try that ,Thanks for your help!
 

shvrolay

Dragway Regular
Save yourself some time - cut the panel 'behind' the seatbelt. It won't show after the panel is re-installed. I used a pair of these to snip the panel.

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81classic

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if you take the cover off the buckle, it will fit through the opening in the panel. That is how i re-installed after cutting the original belts. Now my new/used belts had a plastic cover instead of the original chrome metal cover, so they might be a little trickier to get off, but they do come off as I took some off at a junkyard
 

pat1979 malibu

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Jul 16, 2010
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Mount Ephraim,NJ
Thanks guys, it was actually easier than it looked. I just took the upper metal spacer off the top seatbelt mount at roof and everything slipped right through. It took 5 mins. tops and everything is reinstalled perfectly.
 

HOLY TERROR-BU

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Sep 14, 2010
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I WAS FACED WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM, COUPLE DAYS AGO! LOOKED LIKE SOME HARD *ss PUZZLE I BUDDY SHOWED ME. DUH! EASY AS HELL!!
 

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