Ok I have wear and tear on the inside of my driver side door and was wondering what's the best way to go about fixing this

 

Not repairable time to replace the panel.

 

If you know how to wrap it in fake leather or suede/alcantra that's about the only fix.

Otherwise you'll need to buy a new one

 

An auto upholstery shop should be able to wrap that for you. Also, there are Dr Vinyl franchises all over who do amazing work on cars and boats.

 

If you remove the door panel there are some Philips screws that hold on the armrest. Once the armrest is separated it can easily be recovered by an upholstery shop. I removed all 4 of mine they all look like new.

 

Okay this is very interesting, send pictures? If it's this easy I'm going to pull mine have have them done in grey suede since my car doesn't have full leather and I would like to.

 

Another option is to find a matching panel on Ebay and simply replace the whole panel.

 

 

So, where did those parts come from?

 

Wow! Okay, well that's a great solution. Thanks

 

They are the original door arm rests, center arm rest, and lower b pillars that came with the car. An upholstery shop recovered them.

 

Ah, OK, were they covered in leather or vinyl?

Pity Lexus wouldn't cover it for you. They screwed me also on my 2007 ("VIN not covered")! After I sold the car, they sent me a letter saying "Hey, guess what........."

 

Vinyl. Leather was an option but price went from $150 to $800.

 

what state are you in Miket1000? I've been to several here in Virginia and no one wants to touch it!

 

I'm in AZ. I've done a lot of business at the upholstery shop that recovered these. The owner only agreed to recover them, not remove or install the panels. The large door panels can be removed fairly quickly. However there are around a dozen small Phillip's screws that hold on each arm rest. They take a while to locate and remove, easy but tedious. I think the reason most places don't want to mess with these is the danger of damaging the door panel. I did crack the wood trim on one door panel years ago when replacing the drivers window glass.