How do you remove the door panel from a 1994 Lexus GS300?

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I removed the panel off my 1993 Lexus GS 300 and I imagine the 94 model is the same....

There are a couple of bolts holding the panel on to the frame of the door, as well as several rivet like mechanisms that pop into plastic holes in the frame of the door. The 2 main bolts holding the door are both buried and difficult to find. If you lift up the power window/lock mechanism out of the door with a screw driver/butter knife etc then you will find one of the bolts underneath this mechanism. The other bolt is covered by a small plastic insert (approx 1cm x 1cm) that pops out, and you will find the bolt deep beneath it but can access it with a screwdriver, this covered bolt is just beneath the the inside door handle towards the bottom of the door. After you get these two main bolts out you will also have to remove all the srews around the perimeter of the door and along the bottom on the inside. After this the only thing holding the panel in place is the rivet-like mechanisms that are also arranged all around the perimeter of the door.....to get these off you just have to pull hard on te panel and it will pop off....I wasn't sure how hard to pull because I was afraid of breaking it, but you do have to use a fair amount of force...just make sure that you have removed the bolts mentioned above and it should come off. It's fairly easy to put back together afterwards!

Good luck.

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