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: Instructions foe center dash panel removal


GXPaycheck
07-12-2008, 04:23 PM
Thought someone posted detailed info about it here, but I can't find it.
Help??

TomPierce
07-12-2008, 05:30 PM
http://www.g8board.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3238&highlight=tompierce&page=2

Post #35 - about halfway down the thread

Originally posted by Big Daddy G8

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I will give it my best shot with the best descriptions I can.

Removed the following items in order:

Silver trim piece separating speedo etc and lower panel

lower panel under steering wheel (disconnect light wiring harness)

Silver trim piece with first 888 on it

lower trim piece in passenger footwell (with vent like holes - below glove box)

Entire glove box section (remove plate around trunk open button and on opposite side of glove box as they hide screws underneath)

long trim piece on both sides of center console (from footwell to behind seats)

panels on both sides of center stack

carefully pry out silver ring around gear selector (from back to front)

carefully pry out entire trim piece around window switches and seat heaters, press out entire switch mechanism and leave in place. Also disconnected the front two harnesses for seat heaters etc.

remove 4 screws from around gear selector

remove screws on front of what I use for a change tray - with power outlet = then pry it out pulling towards the back of the car

pry off front radio plate, bottom first - I swear I though I was going to break it I had to pull so hard (no pansy jokes, I am a 6'4, 290 ex collegiate O-lineman so I can open my own PB jar!)

remove all of the screws holding the main center stack trim (runs from window base to center console)

pry up center speaker cover

remove two screws under cover that hold the top of the main center trim piece.

press down the front of the center console to separate from bottom of the main trim piece - careful here! Press down until the base of the main trim piece can be pulled toward the rear of the car. Do each side at a time, would not go both at once.

Manipulate the two tabs on the main trim piece that were behind the bottom of the radio plate, just above the change tray.

You should now be able to start from the bottom, pulling towards you, and tilt the entire trim piece towards you and up.

You will then see the white connector on the left side of the radio, not the antenna in, but the one running up to the lcd screen.

You can disconnect there as well as at the back of the screen itself.

The screen is attached to the center trim piece with four screws.

Hope this helps, I managed to take apart and re-assemble twice without breaking anything!

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GXPaycheck
07-12-2008, 09:28 PM
Thank you sir!! (sometimes I hate being computer impaired)