Honda Element. Manual - part 512

Fig. 41: Identifying Rear Quarter Panel Clips And Screw 
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3. Open the tailgate, then remove the bolts. 

Fig. 42: Identifying Tailgate Bolts With Torque Specification 
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4. Open the rear door. Remove the clip (A), and pull out on the rear door hinge lower cover (B) to release it 

from the clips (C). Using a clip remover, remove the clips from the body. 

 

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Fig. 43: Removing Rear Quarter Panel Clips 
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5. Close the rear door halfway. Pull out on the rear bumper, fuel fill door, and rear wheel arch portions of 

the rear quarter panel cladding (A), and slide the cladding forward to release it from the clips, and to 
release the hook (B) from the body, then remove the cladding. The clips will stay in the body. 

Fig. 44: Identifying Rear Quarter Panel Cladding Clips 
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6. Remove the clips from the body by turning them 90°.  

7. Check if the clips are damaged or stress-whitened, and if necessary, replace them with new ones.  

8. Install the clips on the rear quarter panel cladding.  

9. Open the rear door half-way, and install the front of the rear quarter panel cladding (A). Fit all the clips 

and hook (B) into the holes in the body, then push on the cladding until the clips and hook snap into 
place. 

Fig. 45: Installing Rear Quarter Panel Cladding Clips 
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10. Install the clips on the rear door hinge lower cover.  

11. Hold the cover (A) up, and fit the clips (B) into the holes in the body, then push on the cover until the 

clips snap into place. Install the clip (C). 

 

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Fig. 46: Identifying Cover And Clips 
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12. Install the bolts, screws, and clips to the rear cladding.  

13. Install the fuel fill door.  

14. Adjust the fuel fill door position alignment (see FUEL FILL DOOR REPLACEMENT ).  

TAILGATE CLADDING REPLACEMENT 

1. Remove the tailgate weatherstrip as needed (see TAILGATE WEATHERSTRIP REPLACEMENT ). 

2. Open the tailgate.  

3. Remove the bolts securing the tailgate cladding. 

NOTE:

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Put on gloves to protect your hands. 

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Take care not to scratch the body.  

 

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