Citroen C4 Right Rear Door Panel

Take off the small triangular cover at the mirror corner, remove the two or three screws behind the door pull and inside the armrest recess, then work a trim tool around the edge to release the clips one at a time. Lift the panel up off the window ledge before disconnecting the switch loom — pulling outward with the loom still attached is how the connector housing gets broken.

A used rear card from a stripped car is the economical route. Ask through our form with your model, year and interior colour, and we will match cloth, leather or the textured eco-leather correctly rather than sending an approximate colour that will look wrong beside the other three doors. Order clips at the same time — they are a fraction of the panel price and you will need them.

They are trim clips, and Citroen commonly uses part number 9345ZN across several models — the plastic push-in Christmas-tree type that secures the card to the metal shell. A pack of twenty is the smallest sensible order, since a single door uses eight to twelve and you will want spares for the next panel that comes off.

Because they are effectively single-use. The arms that hold the clip in place have to deform to go in and are permanently weakened by being levered out, so even intact-looking clips no longer grip. Age makes it worse: a decade of cabin heat leaves the plastic brittle enough to shatter rather than flex. Fit new clips on every panel removal, without exception.

Yes, and they are available cheaply in multi-packs through South African parts suppliers and our network. The practical advice is to have the pack in hand before you start rather than ordering after the fact — a door left stripped for a week while clips arrive is how water gets past the membrane and into the card, which turns a R200 job into a panel replacement.