PROTECTIVE SHELL FOR PASSENGER VEHICLE DOOR

A protective shell for protecting an interior door panel of a vehicle has an inner face with a protruding door pull defining a door well for receiving a user's fingers and a door sill leading to a window opening. A deformable sheet of hard plastic with an exposed side and a reverse side is profiled to fit over the inner face of the vehicle door interior panel. An outwardly directed top surface portion for rests on the door sill. A protrusion on the exposed side of the deformable sheet for encloses the vehicle door pull. The protrusion has a locking well responsive to downward pressure to fit snugly into the door well to hold the protective shell securely in position on the interior door panel. A separate flange component has a main surface and a downward flange at its upper extremity tuckable over a top edge of the door sill. The main surface is attachable to the outwardly directed top surface portion.