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For door removal and the wiring, I'd plan on disconnecting all the wiring inside the door and pulling the cables and connectors out from that end. Don't sweat the connectors pins -it's not like you're ever going to be opening them more than two or three times over the life of the car and this is all low voltage stuff. I doubt the connectors on the connector blocks under the dash will pull out the other way though the chassis pillar opening, also a pain to get up underneath the dash into the rats nest of wiring to find however many main connector blocks are involved and need to be opened.
I see a few notes in the FAQ and in other forums on hinge removal in the RWDs. There's no mention of needing an impact driver, so maybe consider that a contingency plan if you run into trouble.
Trickiest bit is door realignment, as you can well imagine, also not damaging paint. With that in mind, it sure would be nice to keep the upper hinge in place, so well worth a thought of which tools you've got access to that can get on the door bolts and loosen them with the door only able to open 45 degrees. You're going to need to keep the door perfectly aligned with just the lower hinge loose so as not to strain the upper hinge pin and possibly bend or break it.
It's hard to imagine not needing a spare set of hands for this job.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now
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