DOH! I should have posted this a long time ago and keep kicking myself whenever I read posts where someone has removed/reinstalled their door panels for various reasons.

Both of my interior door handles are imperfect (1 is loose and 1 is "floppy") so I'm looking for suggestions on how to improve them. The black handles ($65 each) which hold in the power window switches are loose but since both are imperfect, I can't tell where tabs are broken off. I don’t know if just replacing just the handles will fix the issue or if there are other tabs (or slots) on the door panels ($300+ each) that are also broken.

So…. Next time you have your door panels off, I'd LOVE to see some close up pictures of the tabs and slots or whatever that hold them together securely.

OR… Do you have suggestions on how to rebuild/fortify these sections? Get creative with bits of metal and JB Weld or something like that?

Any ideas would be appreciated!