The plastic door panel on this 2004 Jeep
Wrangler was held on with five screws and
the window roll-up handle.
First I rolled the window down.
Then I
inserted a window handle snap ring tool between the plastic washer and
handle. I pushed in the direction shown by the
red arrow.
The
red arrow shows the snap ring.
The black arrow
shows the snap ring release tool.
(When I
replace the snap ring on the handle, I use
needle-nose pliers to squeeze the snap ring
into position.)
View of
snap ring after being pushed out of handle.
Then I
removed the two screws from the door pull
handle using a #T15 Torx tip screw driver.
Using the
#15 tip I removed the screw from the latch area.
Then the
two screws from the bottom of the plastic
panel.
I
inserted a rigid putty knife between the
door panel and the door shell. Then I used a
prying motion to release the plastic push
clips that hold the door panel to the door.
I removed
the panel by pulling outward and upward.
