Removing door panels?

I read the other IS250 thread below talking about the gizmo malfunction after removing door panels.

Have the door panels become that fancy?

How many things do you need to disconnect besides the screws?

From what I see, there are about 4 screws, and a bunch of clips.
No speaker removal, right?

Is it easy to damage something?

when i remove the door panels off the is250 i remove the screw behind the handle and on the left side..then pop the door panel off( its a bit hard to pull out but it does) then i just let the panel hang against the door(just becareful not letting the door panel drop) Tint windows and reinstall panels.... make sure the cables are in the right positioning ... then after i put both doors back on I check if the door will lock...there you go ... after a tinting a few of these cars its not bad at all...

man i had a guy that didnt even want me to touch the new door panels on his fancy new lexus i put some prestige 70 on the FRU's but you could see some ghosting where i had to heat out the fingers on that curvy biotch...anyway i told him to do it right and without ghosting i need to remove the panels he was cool and said he''d rather not have the tint than have someone mess with his door panels...i told him we were also a body shop and it would NOT be a first for us but i ended up leaving them clear up front is it really just screws and clips on that beast..i figured some side airbags or something

ahh. so you get ghosts too huh.

metallic or ceramic?


I still don't understand why removing panels eliminates ghost fingers.
Is it because you can push the fingers below the weatherstrip thing?


People here keep saying to use less heat for the fingers....

Don't you shrink the door on the outside prior to install like the rest of us? And removing door panels on an IS is uncalled for. I do Lexes Dealers cars on a daily basis and non of the Lexus cars need door panel removal to get a perfect/near perfect job.

Those ghosts are LONG gone......

I never remove them either, and have no problems. I just slide the film in and use a ezreach/ quick fix to squeegee down behind the tweeter. Same with older style taurus', no need to remove the panel just slide the film in.