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What about us guys with manual windows?? Does the handle just pop off?

yeah how do u get the crank off?

According to the Toyota service manual you use a shop rag to pull off the snap ring and the regulator handle and plate can then be removed.


Would somebody tell me if I need to remove the tweeter speaker cover (for those of use who have the 8 speaker system) before I can remove the door panel?

Also, are the speakers attached to the door panel? Thanks.

The speakers are attached to the door frame, not the door panel.

You will need to remove the tweeter anyway because it's attached to the triangle "sail" above the door panel, which needs to be removed for the panel to come off.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Mar 7, 2010 - 9:30 PM

Can anyone help me with this? I remove all the things like in the picture and I am trying to actually take the panel off. I tried moving it around and pulling it up but it seems like something else is holding it down. Also do the windows have to be down? I tried taking them off with both windows down and up.

Did you remove the plastic that sits just by the mirror? If i remember right you must remove it

I did not, whenever I pull on the panel it sounds like im pulling apart some sticky stuff. I guess that is the plastic you are talking about.

You might have missed a screw. The one behind the small panel located behind the door pull handle is easy to miss, as is the one in the door handle.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Apr 2, 2010 - 2:49 PM

Lift and pull off the door panel. This is very simple to do.

If it's not moving, you probably missed a screw. Did you remove the black cover that goes around the door handle latch? There's a screw to remove that cover, then there should be 2 brass screws behind that holding the door panel on. Lastly, there's also a screw just at the bottom part of the door handle on the panel, you'll find the hole that leads to it if you look or feel around the underside of the handle just by the arm rest.

The panel moves, it just wont come off. I dont want to pull hard on it because Im scared that I will break something.

Try this: pull up slightly and then back. If it still stays, then you missed a screw. Recheck everything.

There is glue holding some weather proofing on the door panel, but there's no way that it can be causing the door panel to stick because that's a few inches behind the panel itself.

As has been said, recheck everything.

What screws are needed? i lost all of my screws.

How did that happen?

Anyway, pull them out of the other panel, there are 3 or 4 different screws. Take them to a hardware store and they'll tell you what they are.

well when i got the car... the panel was already out and was in the trunk.
couldnt find the screws in the car.