94 92 Camry CLOTH TO LEATHER INTERIOR DOORS

[commie92]

Hey guys i got a 94 camry v6 xle originally with tan leather interior. I had to replace two of the doors, passenger and rear right, i got them with the same green exterior color but a gray cloth interior instead of tan leather. Basically my original doors are only damaged on the exterior the interior is perfect. So can i take the interior of the original leather doors and swap it with the current gray ones? THE CATCH: my car is 94 USA model but the gray int doors are 92 JAPAN model. The overall form and shape is the same but ??? help anyone experienced.. Thank you all !

[bigbird]

the pannels are the same except for the materials they are wrapped in.

[Zviator]

same thing happen to me, i replaced the door and swapped in the old pannel, all fit right and tight ... Just watch out when u pull out those wiring hardness and mirror glass and stuff...

[commie92]

so it doesnt matter if japan or usa model? and i will have to swap all the wiring too right?

[commie92]

the WHOLE door from the interior can be swapped? interior door handels too? thanks

[Zviator]

If the point is just to swap the leather door pannel, then u can reuse the wireing that is already there, or u can swap the wiring too if u want. Yes they are all direct fit, beware when u open the inside door handle.

[djb2]

I did this last weekend.

It's trivial to swap doors. Unclip the kick panel, disconnect the two electrical cables going to the door, and pull out the rubber cable boot. Unscrew the door brake from the A pillar, then get a friend to hold the door as you remove the four bolts holding the hinges to the door frame. It takes only a few minutes.

Now for the time consuming stuff.
Don't forget you'll need to swap the lock cylinder on the front door. Note that illuminated lock cylinders are different than plain lock cylinders. And swap the interior panel if it doesn't match. And perhaps the interior door latch release if it's the wrong color. And the window glass came in bronze or green -- a subtle mismatch that you'll only notice later.

Check that the door unlocks and opens before you reinstall the panel. Out of three doors that we swapped, all three had problems that I only noticed after everything was reinstalled. The driver's side has a broken lock motor. (I didn't initially notice because I hadn't swapped the lock cylinder, then I didn't notice because I only tested from that door.) The passenger door visually appeared to unlock with the lock motor, but jammed just short of actually unlocking, requiring two panel removals to fix. And the back door initially worked, but now won't open -- as if it's not unlocking.

I suggest greasing the lock cylinder and latch mechanism. The replacement doors must have been from the desert -- the grease had dried to a powder and hard coating. That's probably the source of most of my problems.