How to Remove this interior panel?

[derickc]

How do I remove this leather panel that is on the rear door jamb (the tan leather one)? It looks like it's glued...



Thank you!

-dc

[Rich76_911s]

Yeah you are correct it is glued on there. It is a otough job to get it off without ripping it too. You might want to try heating it a little to see if it'll come off a little more smoothly.

Rich

[Spede]

I don't even think it's a panel... just leather wrapped over some foam and glued on.

[derickc]

Thanks Rich.

-dc

[don911]

Yep, the leather is just wrapped around that panel. I just recovered mine a couple months ago. If you pull the door seal off in that area, you'll see the edge of the material. There is a really thin piece of foam under the leather that will most likely tear.

[Don Plumley]

To be clear, the panel itself should be a piece of sheet metal. The trim (leather or vinyl), as others have pointed out, is glued on. That's the way it is on my 993 anyway and the way I seem to recall from my '87.

[don911]

It was a metal panel on my 87, spot welded on if I recall.

[mudman]

Originally posted by Don Plumley
To be clear, the panel itself should be a piece of sheet metal. The trim (leather or vinyl), as others have pointed out, is glued on. That's the way it is on my 993 anyway and the way I seem to recall from my '87.

But the sheet metal in this case is not removable.
Try using an old gasket scraper to cut the foam without stretching/tearing the leather piece. If you aren't removing door rubber try to start the removal from the other side(need to remove panel around rear seat belt assy, I think), the leather doesn't go that far under the rubber.
-Jeremy