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Old 07-12-2005, 12:39 PM
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Hey All:
Need to fix a couple things inside the door panel: speakers moving around a bit (Dont know hwo that happened) and the tint on my drivers side is being scratched off by lack of brush on the guidepost. Need to know the easiest way or any problems that any of you had I should watch out for. Thanks! Any input would be great!!

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There should be 3 screws total that you will need to remove. One is in the pocket of the door panel, one is holding the bezel around the door handle, and the last should be a hole in the armrest with a screw at the very end of it. After you remove those just take off the door handle bezel and pull the door panel up and it should come right off.
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The fun part is getting it back on
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There is a screw behind the bezel that needs to come out too. If you take the little cover off on the inside of the miror, that will give you a litte more room to move the door panel around.
We are talking the drivers side, right? the passenger side has an extra screw in the arm rest by the switch.
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its not that hard to do. Just make sure you have all the screws out. Putting it in can be a little tricky but its not bad at all.

and when you pull it off make sure to pull up, not out.
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Check out these instructions for replacing the window motors:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showpost....1&postcount=18
They say how to remove the door panels.
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It is definetely much easier to put it back on if you have more than one person to help you line it up. But its not too hard and its probably pretty difficult to really screw it up




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