B piller

[jaytip nsx]

hi all,
can anybody shed some light on this for me please.
i want to know if the plastic covering on the B piller will come off and if so,how.my car is in the body shop for a respray and the guy has asked me try and find out if the cover comes off.
he does not want to break anything,so he has asked me to try and find out.so if there is anyone out there who knows i would be really gratefull for your help.

 

[ChopsJazz]

I would think that your shop has access to a shop manual. That may point them in the right direction.

 

[dlongo]

hi

I took mine off to replace them with CF ones. It is not easy, they are held in place with two studs and nuts that have to be accessed from behind. I took out the seats and the body panels behind the b-pillars, plus lpopped some of the plastic fasteners for the headliner panel to get to the nuts. The nuts are recessed in holes and you need a long socket to get to them. Plus you have to be careful not to drop the nuts inside the b-pillar or they are gone forever.

Once you have the nuts off, getting the pillar cover off without breaking anything is still a challenge. There is a little tab at the top front of the pillar that slides under the roof trim, I accidentally broke that off, and the studs that hold the piece in place are very long, too long if you ask me, so I got it as far off as I could then cut the end of the top stud off with wire cutters rather than risk breaking anything else.

Hope this makes sense. If he is just painting, it may be easier to just leave them in place and mask them.

Dave

 

[Briank]

There are two nuts behind the interior panel that covers the shoulder belt anchor that need to be removed and then the cover pulls off.

http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Reference/1991_svcman/1991_svcman.htm

Open the PDF and go to page 846