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How hard is it to remove a door panel from an 01 Civic? Does anyone have any detailed instructions? The door handle is loose and is rubbing the paint. I dont want rust to form behind the handle. I am afraid the dealer would charge too much for this.

the bolts that holds the door handles are loose you will have to open it up from inside the door --window handles are held in by a sping clip or an allen bolt (look under the handle and see if there is an recess if it does not have one it is an spring clip and look all over the inner panel for screws and take em out but watch out for hidden ones they are covered 1/2 inch round plastic covers that matches the surrounding area look for faint circle lines and pop them out with a small screwdriver once you make sure there is nothing left don't forget the inside door handle (look under it to find the holes) and gently pry off along the bottom and work your way up if you find something that would not want to come out stop and check for hidden screwcovers and when you reach to the top just lift the inner panel upward till it comes off from the metal lip of the door and make sure the window is in raised position look into the area of your door handles you should see 2 nuts and studs sticking out that is where you tighten up the nuts -- hope this helps and good luck

go here and there is picture by picture steps on how to do it

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