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So I tinted my car today and in the past asked if there was any instructions on how to removal the door panel. The 1 write up that suggested wasn't quite the same as what the actual removal is so here's how to remove the door panel instructions. I didn't take every picture and on some of the pictures its a mix between the driver side and passenger side so if it looks inverted its because the picture I took was from the other side.

Step 1. Remove all items circled in red in no particular order.

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I started with the inner piece to the door handle. Just take a screw driver and pry it out, while pulling on the door handle as if your opening the door.

After removing the inner piece, unscrew the screw.

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Next is what I call the plastic rivet. Push the center in so that it sinks in, then pry the outer piece and the entire rivet should come out.

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Power Window Panel - Remove by prying the bottom up just enough so that you get your fingers underneath and pull up. It'll snap out.

Disconnect the cable and remove the screw behind it.

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Remove the door arm rest by pulling up on the bottom corner. It'll snap out.

Remove the screw after you've removed the arm rest.

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Remove the mirror cover - Gently pry from the side next to the window.

It'll snap out.

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Step 2 - Lifting up the door panel.

First you must release all of the snap in tabs that surrounds the edges of the panel. You do this by pulling away from the door starting with the bottom first then the sides. Look at the arrows.

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Now that the snap plugs have been released you can remove the door panel from the window by grabbing it and pulling up away from the glass.

Note that there are many cable connections behind there so you can't go too far.

Disconnect all of the cable connections. There's a release tab that you press down then pull the entire connector out.

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Next is the tricky part which deviates from the other instruction.

Because the door handle is connected to cabling you have to seperate the door handle from the door panel.

The only way to do this is by first removing the wood trim and then removing the door handle.

There are 6 screws behind the door panel that you have to unscrew.

Starting with the side that's farthest away from the door hinge. There are 3 screws - 2 that are visible and 1 that is hiding underneath the padding above where my finger is.

Note: I'm holding the padding down to show the hole where the screw is. The hole to the left of that is for a plastic stub that's part of the wood trim modeling.

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Moving toward the middle but not quite behind the door handle underneath the padding are 2 hidden screws. You'll most likely have to cut the padding or scrape some of it away. This is right underneath the cabling that connects to the door handle.

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The last screw holding the wood trim is connected to to door handle and is silver.

After this screw the wood trim should pop out.

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To remove the door handle you must first release the plastic clip. Just push and lift on the 2 tabs.

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The last screw or (screws - I don't remember if there was 2 or 1 but there's 2 holes in the picture) underneath the padding.

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Now that all of the screws are removed, you can slide the door handle away from the door panel.

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Putting everything back is the same process. The only thing you might want to know is with the snap rivet put the o-ring in the hole first then push the plastic "nail" looking piece in after.