How to Install Door Panel 1997-2001 Toyota Camry
Created on: 2016-06-30
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a door panel. Door panels need to be removed to access the inside components of the door, like the window regulator or exterior door handleson 98 Toyota Camry
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door handle
- Pry off the trim button on the arm rest
- Pry off the trim button on the door panel
- Pry up the switch panel
- Disconnect the window switch wiring harnesses
- Pry off the sail panel
- Remove the three Phillips head screws on the arm rest
- Remove the two Phillips head screws on the bottom of the door panel
- Remove the Phillips head screw in the top left corner
- Remove the Phillips head screw from the door handle
- Pry off the door handle bezel
- Pop out the bottom of the door panel
- Pull the door panel up and off
- Carefully remove the water shield
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step 2 :Reinstalling the Door Panel
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Tighten the two Phillips head screws at the bottom
- Tighten the three Phillips head screws to the arm rest
- Tighten the Phillips head screw to the top left of the door panel
- Connect the window switch wiring harness
- Press the window switch into place
- Insert the door handle trim bezel into place
- Tighten the Phillips screw to the door handle trim
- Press the trim bezel inside the door handle in
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Pick
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In this video, we're going to show you how to remove and reinstall the front door panel. This is a ‘98 Toyota Camry. The only items you'll need include a small pick tool, flat blade and Phillips screwdrivers.
Using a small pick, remove the plastic trim that should be inside the bezel here covering this Phillips head screw, as well as this and this plug in the door panel. Our arm rest is a little stretched out here. Normally, you'll have to take a flat-blade screwdriver, place it underneath, pop up the trim panel, pull it back, move the switch housing from the door, and disconnect the electrical connectors. You'll also want to release the top of this black cover behind the mirror with a flat blade screwdriver, pull out, lift up to release the lock tabs on the bottom. Remove with Phillips head screws from the door panel, three on the arm rest, one on the handle bezel, one here closest to the dash and two underneath with a number two Phillips screwdriver.
Using a flat-blade screwdriver, reach between the bottom of the door handle and the bezel, pop it out, do the same thing on the top just above the lock, open the handle, pull the bezel out. Pop out the bottom of the door panel, lift up and remove the panel from the door.
Reinstall your door panel. Hook this channel into the top of the door, line up the plastic clips into their appropriate holes. Make sure that your door lock and window switch wires are pulled through the panel so they don't get locked behind it. Pop the panel back into place and reinstall your hardware. Reinstall the two Phillips head screws at the bottom, three in the armrest. The screw at the top-end side edge of the panel and its plastic cover.
Reconnect the electrical connectors on your lock and window switch. Slide the front tab onto the panel and snap the back and sides into place. Open the handle, slide the hook on the back of the bezel into the square hole. Snap the rear tabs into place, reinstall your Phillips head screw. Snap the crew cover into place, and now we have a nice, new handle and bezel assembly in our door. Reinstall the back of the mirror cover, hooking this tab into the square slot, snapping this one into the plastic retainer there. Reinstall the plastic cover for your armrest grip.
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