Does anyone here know how to take off the front panel of the Indesit WDG 1295 model? Does it come off at all?

I was replacing the door seal, and took off the old one, only to realise that I need space for my fingers to put in the replacement seal. The only way to do it would be to remove the front panel. But it seems that the whole body is welded together. There are no screws just small round punch marks which I think is holding the body together by glue or something.

Thomas, April 2013