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19 hours ago, M.Yasir said:

Beautiful, in 500 bucks its great

Blowing off the door will be the last option honestly delete this option, ofcourse there must be something which is making it stuck, try to open the door panel from inside meaning when you open the panels to replace the door glass for example, you will definitely find something,  good luck

18 hours ago, jamesm182 said:

What a car for $500

My personal guess is you will end up having to destroy the interior door panel to get it open, but then I'm sure you'll be able to track one down in good condition.

Bit of shame but at that price the rest of the car looks fantastic.

I really don't want to destroy it, but if it comes to that I hope I can find one in equal condition. If not it'll be getting 4 new custom door panels made for it.

13 hours ago, sha4000 said:

If you can't open the door then you can't get the panel off in one piece. I would suggest to start looking in junkyards for the panel in anticipation of destroying the one on the car. This what the door looks like with the panel removed. The picture is of my 98 so your might be slightly different.

I took the passenger door panel off to see what I was looking for and how it worked, thanks for the picture though!

12 hours ago, Exhaustgases said:

Good find for 500. How can you see that a clip is broken?  And what is really going on with it? Is it like its still locked and nothing will unlock it?

If it was me, I'd try to sell the car to the guy up in WA (me) for a 1000 profit, or remove the front seats and try to work behind a partially removed door panel, before just messing it up.

I was able to pull off the trim piece at the top of panel by the window. I used a pair of long needle nose pliers and pulled the plastic cover back. I saw that the rod for the inside handle was not connected to the plastic clip. Then I was able to hook the metal piece that the clip holds onto, and pulled it. Nothing happened, so I tried locking and unlocking the door with the key and that didn't help either. I'm thinking the issue is more than that plastic clip being broken. Could it be that the lock is just stuck locked along with my clip issue?

I've already been offered $2,500 for it haha

I bought this LS400 at auction for $500. 192,xxx miles, 1 owner, interior and exterior in near perfect condition. I drove it almost 90 miles home and it drives amazingly. There is 1 issue that I need some help with, it's posted at the end of this post.

The Lexus and my 2012 Corolla. 

The Corolla was my project car, but there's only so much you can do with a slow 1.8l fwd car. 

It was static

Now back to the LS400

No rips on any of the seats, no cracks on the dash, and hardly any signs of wear on everything

It has most of the maintenance records back to 1990. 

There is only 1 major issue with car.. The driver door does not open from the inside or outside. I was able to get access to the clip thats broken with a wire hanger and the door still will not open. Any suggestions? Or do I have to destroy a door panel thats in great condition? No one will smog the car because it's a safety hazard. Which means I can't register the car or get it insured.