Disconnect the wiring in the switch plate.
How take the door panel off a 98 tahoe.
Use your screwdriver to remove the door handle frame piece.
Remove the two 7mm bolts inside the door pull.
Lift the door panel up and off.
Use a putty knife and a rag to slide it around the edge of the panel and work through the clips as you go along unclipping them.
This should include the triangular panel covering the mirror s mount the trim surrounding the inside door handle and the trim that surrounded the window power switch this panel will have electrical connectors to unplug.
Pry up the window switch panel by hand.
Twist out the courtesy light socket.
Open the door where the outside rearview mirror is attached to the door is a plastic panel roughly in the shape of a triangle.
Disconnect the speaker wiring lead.
Gently pry this off so as not to break the pin holding it on.
Pry off the door handle bezel with a flat blade screwdriver.
Remove the sail panel.
Disconnect all smaller trim panels by removing their screws with a phillips screwdriver and or prying them off with the trim stick.
Remove the two 7mm bolts in the arm rest.