I got seven screws remove so far (including the armrest and airduct) and i dont see anymore screw to undo, but the panel seems like to be attached to the door via more screws at the power door/lock bottons location. where are these screws hiding ? plz help me

 

You have to pop out the plate behind the door handle

 

yeah, pop the plastic right behind the door open handle and you see the last bolt

 

ok i found that sucker. tks

 

tytgs300 -- is removing the door panel difficult? I wanted to replace my front door speakers myself, but I was afraid if I started taking apart the door, either I wouldn't be able to get it back together, or if I was able to get it back together, it wouldn't be quite right and would rattle.

Also, as an aside, not to hijack the thread, but once the door panels are off, is the speaker swap a fairly easy thing to do? I'm pretty non-educated when it comes to stereos and speakers. Do the factory ones just unplug or do you need to cut and splice wires?

e-man

 

if you have worked on cars before, taking the panel apart shouldn't be hard. the firsrt time it took it off it wasn't that bad. just need common sense

once it's off, the speaker is pretty obvious. i think you can get to it no problem

 

Locating that screw behind the door lock was the hardest part for me...lol. It’s pretty easy to take off and slide back on. After you got all screws undo, lift the panel upward from the rear first then toward the rear view mirror. This door is easier than other cars cuz they dont have locking groves/ cliffs. Once slide out, you will see that tiny 4.5" spkr and it's just a matter of unscrew it and unplug the wires from the spkr. Make sure u push those 3 nylon thingy (located toward the front of the door) back in to avoid rattling. some cars used too many of these crap and ppl normally break them when they remove it and too lazy to replaced it when they put it back, therefore, their doors will rattle.

 

Thanks for the info.

e-man

 

it'll take a pro about 2 mins to take a door panel off, the rear ones are even easier,we just took them off today to paint the wood trim same color as the car,

 

sweet ride man is that yours ?

welcome to CL

johnny

also it that cinnabar or a custom color??

just realized thats your sig

believe me when i tell you that is waaaaaaaaaaaaayyy to big

they have to be

1 ) No images physically larger than 450 (wide) X 100 (tall)
2) Image file size no larger than 50K
3) A maximum of 8 lines of text, including blank lines
4) No for sale posts or advertising URL's in signatures unless you are a ClubLexus sponsor
5) PG-rated images signatures only

 

Thanks,the car in my sig is my friend's 400 twin turbo, at the moment I'm building all metal widebody with 20x11 and 20x13 HRE 540R
and it's a factory color with alot of wetsanding / buffing / waxing

 

had to show my friend this car looks too sweet


johnny

 

by the end of the year or early next year it should be in few magazines and allover the net , it is the only GS400 Twin Turbo true Widebody in universe ,with top of the line electronics , performance and audio/ video components

 

how do you remove the cables that ae attatched to the door handles?