Citroen Berlingo Left Door Panel

Used door cards for the C1, C3 and Xsara through South African strippers generally sit between R500 and R2,100 depending on trim level and condition. A full clip kit using Citroen part 9345ZN is under R200. Start with the clips — a great many panels condemned as "loose" simply need R200 of clips rather than a replacement card. Send the model, colour and trim level for a quote.

Take out the window switch surround, the armrest bolts and any screws hidden behind the interior handle bezel or in the map pocket first — there is usually at least one under a small plastic cap. Then work a plastic trim tool around the perimeter, popping one clip at a time and starting at a bottom corner. Before lifting the panel clear, disconnect the speaker and switch plugs rather than pulling against them.

Plastic clips go brittle after eight to ten years, and cabin temperatures in a car parked outside here accelerate that considerably. Once brittle, they break rather than release — which is why prising a panel with a screwdriver instead of a proper trim tool destroys most of them in one go. The tool costs very little and it is the difference between a bag of clips and a new door card.

Yes, and it is usually all you need. Part 9345ZN is the standard white rubber-edged door card clip used across most of the range. Buy a bag of twenty rather than counting the broken ones — every clip on every door of a car of that age is at the same point in its life, and the ones that survived this removal will not survive the next.

Pro Citroen Spares and our supplier network stock used left-side door cards for the C1, C3, Xsara, C3 Aircross and C5 Aircross. Send the VIN, which side you need and the trim colour — front and rear cards differ, cards differ between manual and electric window cars, and a listing photograph rarely makes either distinction obvious. We will confirm the match before shipping.