Gently pull off the sail panel with your fingers or use a plastic automotive panel removal tool.
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Remove the plastic clip at the rear edge of the door panel.
These back of these door cards are made of cardboard and it gets brittle with age and moisture.
Remove the two phillips head screws behind the arm rest.
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Remove the access panel so you can manually open the rear hatch by grabbing the small metal rod linkage.
Pull out the door handle.
Move to the top inner corner of the door panel and locate the triangular shaped sail panel.
Pry out the door panel with a door panel clip tool or putty knife.
They put this access panel so if the door motor actuator goes bad you can still open the rear hatch.
After you open the rear hatch manually by the linkage rod.
Inside the rear tail gate hatch should be a small access panel.
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Today i ll show how easy it is to remove the door panels on 1984 1988 toyota trucks and 84 89 4runners.
Remove the plastic clip at the front edge of the door panel.