Removing Door Panels - Hatchback?

[steverburton]

Originally Posted by steverburton

I can't get my hatch panel off to install an actuator. Does anyone know if there's a screw somewhere in it that I'm missing?? Thanks!

I found the answer to my own question. Inside the indent/handle on the panel there is a piece of plastic with a flathead groove in it. This slides up towards the car. The rest is just stand offs that are extremely tight. I ran a pry bar inside the plastic until I hit one so I knew exactly where to pry. There's one at the very top of the panel by the middle brake light. I didn't want to break my window so I left this one until last and then slid the panel off of it.