The first video I saw said the door panels had to come off, then I saw this. THANK YOU! Time saved was huge. While it took 5 minutes, getting the cover panel off was scary... thought it was going to break. It didn't, and my GTI is happy now. If course your video is backwards. :)
No probs. I probably should have captured a bit more footage of removing the cover panel. As it did take a little while to gently open all the clips like you mentioned.
In Australia they are called ToolPro - a generic brand from retailer Supercheap Auto. But if you search "interior trim removal tool" you will find an identical style one locally.