Door panel help!!

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blue1973duster

blue1973duster

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Hi, I need help trying to figure out how to remove the door panels. I'm currently doing the body work on the car to prep it for paint...
 
take the armrests and door handles off and pull........ they just clip on.
 
blue1973duster said:
Hi, I need help trying to figure out how to remove the door panels. I'm currently doing the body work on the car to prep it for paint...
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After taking off window crank handle, arm rest etc...
Go to NAPA or the like. There is a tool (<$10.00) you slide in between panel and door and pry up, pull off. The tool is about 3" wide, flat with a fork in the middle ideal for going around the clip so it "lifts" from both sides at once relieving stress. When just pulling by hand you stand a chance of pulling panel and clip stays in door. That leaves a bigger hole in your panel to where the clip will no longer slide into the panel and hold because it was ripped out and not gently pryed upward and pulled out ward at same time.:read2:
I'm just sayin'8)
 
64 is right. Get the right tool, don't just grab and pull. 40 year old pressed board cracks and breaks pretty easily. Take your time and save yourself the headaches.
 
Thanks for the feed back guys previous owner already broke most of the panel were it clips just didnt want to finish breaking it.
 
Good stiff putty knife works also. Don't throw your old panels away as they make good patterns. You can by sheets of ABS, it will last along time.
 
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