Outside door handle removal?

[Maverix]

How do I remove the frame around the door handle on the outside? I read a guide, but I don't think it matches the e36. I just need to outer frame around the handle to come off. Will it be hell to put it back on?

[yoda]

It has "slide clip" on the inside of the door. To access it you need to remove the door panel, use a flash light to locate the clip and use a flat head screw driver to slide the clip... easy as pie!...

[Maverix]

Which clip is it? From the looks of it, it looks like it's part of a base that doesn't detach from the frame. Could you use realoem and point it out to me?

[yoda]

Dude,
if you simply do as I described you will see the clip that you have to move/slide in order for the cover to be removed/installed. REMOVE the door panel, USE a FLASH LIGHT so you can see it, and there it'll be... it is very obvious, and it's function is to anchor/lock into place the the Door Handle Cover (which is what I think you want to replace), not the door handle itself.
Take a good look at it and you'll see it, I'm telling you cause I did it and I didn't take a look at it and it was a bitch for me to do it until I took a good look at it with a flash light and saw the sliding clip, after that it was easy as pie dude...