Subaru Impreza 3 / Impreza WRX / Impreza WRX STI. Manual — part 752

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Front Door

EXTERIOR BODY PANELS

5. Front Door

A: REMOVAL

1) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.

2) Remove the front door trim. <Ref. to EI-45, RE-

MOVAL, Door Trim.>

3) Remove the outer mirror assembly. <Ref. to

GW-16, REMOVAL, Outer Mirror Assembly.>

4) Remove the front door speaker. <Ref. to ET-7,

REMOVAL, Front Speaker.>

5) Remove the sealing cover. <Ref. to EB-21, RE-

MOVAL, Front Sealing Cover.>

6) Remove the front door glass. <Ref. to GW-12,

REMOVAL, Front Door Glass.>

7) Remove the front door regulator and motor.

<Ref. to GW-13, REMOVAL, Front Regulator and

Motor Assembly.>

8) Remove the front door latch assembly. <Ref. to

SL-32, REMOVAL, Front Door Latch and Door

Lock Actuator Assembly.>

9) Remove the front outer handle. <Ref. to SL-31,

REMOVAL, Front Outer Handle.>

10) Remove the front door weather strip.
NOTE:

If the weather strip clip is removed with excessive

force, the weather strip may be damaged. Be sure

to use clip remover to remove.

11) Remove the bolts and nuts to remove the door

checker.

12) Remove the front pillar lower trim. <Ref. to EI-

57, REMOVAL, Lower Inner Trim.>

13) Disconnect the connector of door harness from

body harness.

14) Put a wooden block on jack and place jack un-

der the front door. Support the door with a jack to

protect it from damage.

15) Remove the door-side bolts for upper and low-

er hinges to remove front door panel.

16) Remove the door hinge from vehicle.

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Front Door

EXTERIOR BODY PANELS

B: INSTALLATION

1) Put a wooden block on jack and place the front

door on that.

2) Apply grease to the sliding area of door hinges,

and install the door hinge to vehicle.

3) Install the front door to upper hinge and lower

hinge adjusting by jack.

4) Tighten bolt of door checker.

5) Connect door harness connector, and install the

instrument panel lower cover.

6) Install the front pillar lower trim.
Tightening torque:

Refer to “COMPONENT” of “General Descrip-

tion”. <Ref. to EB-10, FRONT DOOR, COMPO-

NENT, General Description.>

7) Install while paying attention to make a uniform

clearance around the front door panel. For the di-

mension of clearance, refer to “SPECIFICATION”

in “General Description”. <Ref. to EB-2, SPECIFI-

CATION, General Description.>

C: ADJUSTMENT

1) Using the ST, loosen the body-side bolts of the

upper and lower hinges to align the position for ver-

tical and horizontal direction of the front door panel.
Preparation tool: WRENCH (925610000)

2) Loosen the screw (A), and tap the striker (B) us-

ing a plastic hammer to adjust the gap between

rear end surface of front door panel and front end

surface of rear door.
CAUTION:

Do not use an impact wrench. Welding area on

the striker nut plate is easily broken.

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(A)

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Front Sealing Cover

EXTERIOR BODY PANELS

6. Front Sealing Cover

A: REMOVAL

1) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.

2) Remove the front door trim. <Ref. to EI-45, RE-

MOVAL, Door Trim.>

3) Remove the sealing cover.
CAUTION:

• Carefully remove the butyl tape. Excessive

force will easily break the cover.

• If the sealing cover gets broken, replace it

with a new part.

B: INSTALLATION

CAUTION:

• If the sealing cover gets broken, replace it

with a new part.

• Apply a uniform bead of butyl tape.

• Attach the sealing cover, keeping it from be-

coming wrinkled.

• Breaks in the bead will allow water leakage

and contamination.

1) Install each part in the reverse order of removal.

2) When replacing the sealing cover, use the butyl

tape.

3) Press the butyl tape-applied area firmly to pre-

vent any floating on surface.
Butyl tape:

3M8626 or the equivalent

NOTE:

• Apply a uniform bead of butyl tape.

• Attach the sealing cover, keeping it from becom-

ing wrinkled.

• Breaks in the bead will allow water leakage and

contamination.

C: INSPECTION

If the sealing cover gets damaged, replace it with a

new part.

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Rear Door

EXTERIOR BODY PANELS

7. Rear Door

A: REMOVAL

1) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.

2) Remove the rear door trim. <Ref. to EI-46,

REAR DOOR, REMOVAL, Door Trim.>

3) Remove the rear speaker. <Ref. to ET-9, RE-

MOVAL, Rear Speaker.>

4) Remove the sealing cover. <Ref. to EB-24, RE-

MOVAL, Rear Sealing Cover.>

5) Remove the door sash and rear door glass.

<Ref. to GW-21, REMOVAL, Rear Door Glass.>

6) Remove the rear door regulator and motor as-

sembly. <Ref. to GW-22, REMOVAL, Rear Regula-

tor and Motor Assembly.>

7) Remove the rear door latch. <Ref. to SL-35, RE-

MOVAL, Rear Door Latch and Door Lock Actuator

Assembly.>

8) Remove the rear outer handle. <Ref. to SL-34,

REMOVAL, Rear Outer Handle.>

9) Remove the rear door weather strip.
NOTE:

If the weather strip clip is removed with excessive

force, the weather strip may be damaged. Be sure

to use clip remover to remove.

10) Remove the bolts and nuts to remove the door

checker.

11) Pull the door harness connector inside the cen-

ter pillar, then disconnect the connector.

12) Put a wooden block on jack and place jack un-

der the rear door. Support the rear door with a jack

to protect it from damage.

13) Remove the door-side bolts for upper and low-

er hinges to remove the rear door panel.
CAUTION:

Door panels are heavy. When removing and in-

stalling them, always work in a team of two or

more persons.

14) Remove the door hinge from vehicle.

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