You will need:
Philips screw driver
10mm socket and rachet
large set of sockets (removing steering wheel)
3 screws
Torex heads (think thats how its spelt)
Ok, as promised the DIY Dash removal.
First off, lets get rid of anything that could be in your way. Remove the Stereo HU and all those fun parts (open the ash tray and Pull) dis connect everything and get it out of your way, i have not taken pics of this as it is very easy.
Unscrew your deck, unclip and remove. and remove. Push all the wires for this area back and out of the way. At this point i recomend disconecting you r as tray light and cig lighter as well, although not nessisary.
Lets also remove the center console (the console between the seats) again very simple. remove you shifter knob, the boot will fall down and that is a good thing. Using a screw driver pop the base plate off. now you will see 2 screws that need to be removed.
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remove these two screws. i would recommend sorting your screws as you remove them as there will be alot of them.
now, if you look at the base of the center console there are 2 screws on each side (one just infront of the sliding bars and one just below the center console box, remove these.
Now if you look at where the ebay rests when released you will see a rectangular plate, pop this out and pop the little metal suport out, pull your ebrake all the way back and remove the center console. sorry i don't have picks for this but its really quite easy.
3 more things to remove and you can start on the dash. notw for the glove box, there are 6 screws and a light.
1) Glove box - 6 screws located here
3 on the bottom
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once opened, 3 on the top
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2) gauge cluster - pull the hood off, un-screw the 4 scres on the side and unclip from behind.
3) Steering wheel - heres the fun one. DISCONNECT THE BATTERY! using the torex screw heads there are 2 bolts holding the steering wheel air bag in place loosen these and pull gently, you will notice 2 wires coming from the center, the left most one (black) is your horn, disconect. now gently pry between the second clip and the airbag modual (this is alittle tricky and feel free to PM me with ANY questions, better safe then sorry) once this is off remove the air back, remove the center bolt (i used a steering wheel puller) but a rachet should work.
with this off you can remove the steering wheel. Under the steering collumb casing there are 3 screws remove these and the top and bottome casing can be removed. Disconnect the wiper swith and the head light switch. (harness can be pulled off from the bottom of the switch, there are 2 screws on each of these and they can be removed.
OK , thats all done, get a drink or 6 (makes it more fun) now we get to the "hard" part.
Get you 10 mm socket and rachet, starting on the driver side.
remove these 2
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now there is one behind where the cluster was
remove this as
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remove the caseing with the fuse box cover, this is two screws and then just pull, i left mine attached by my feer ( later realized how mush of a pain in the *** this became)
there are two more screws on the driverside that are now exposed.
Here
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and Here
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7 more to go.
now lets sit in the passenger seat. remove these two bolts
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and
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these are located behind where the glove box was.
looking up here
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you will see your passenger side air bad help on to the car by 2 bolts, you guessed it, unscrew them!
ok, two more to go
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Take these off and thats it. now comes the pulling, and pulling and pulling, you will need two people for this.
Take your time as you start to remove the dash there is a sensor that needs to be unpluged on the top passenger side and the dimmer switch needs to be disconected as well.
I sudjest the owner of the car takes the driver side as it is the most tricky. sarting on the passenger side give a pull and you should hear a snap sound, that is because the das is still help on by 3 clips along the glass. THERE IS NO WAY TO UNDO THESE THAT I COULD FIND. you have to pull and pull till its loose, then remove. When you have it out you can replace the clips with new screws
Hope this is helpfull and if there is any clarity need pm me and i will adjust this DIY. Thanks all.
Here is what you are left with
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then after back together
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Philips screw driver
10mm socket and rachet
large set of sockets (removing steering wheel)
3 screws
Torex heads (think thats how its spelt)
Ok, as promised the DIY Dash removal.
First off, lets get rid of anything that could be in your way. Remove the Stereo HU and all those fun parts (open the ash tray and Pull) dis connect everything and get it out of your way, i have not taken pics of this as it is very easy.
Unscrew your deck, unclip and remove. and remove. Push all the wires for this area back and out of the way. At this point i recomend disconecting you r as tray light and cig lighter as well, although not nessisary.
Lets also remove the center console (the console between the seats) again very simple. remove you shifter knob, the boot will fall down and that is a good thing. Using a screw driver pop the base plate off. now you will see 2 screws that need to be removed.
remove these two screws. i would recommend sorting your screws as you remove them as there will be alot of them.
now, if you look at the base of the center console there are 2 screws on each side (one just infront of the sliding bars and one just below the center console box, remove these.
Now if you look at where the ebay rests when released you will see a rectangular plate, pop this out and pop the little metal suport out, pull your ebrake all the way back and remove the center console. sorry i don't have picks for this but its really quite easy.
3 more things to remove and you can start on the dash. notw for the glove box, there are 6 screws and a light.
1) Glove box - 6 screws located here
3 on the bottom
once opened, 3 on the top
2) gauge cluster - pull the hood off, un-screw the 4 scres on the side and unclip from behind.
3) Steering wheel - heres the fun one. DISCONNECT THE BATTERY! using the torex screw heads there are 2 bolts holding the steering wheel air bag in place loosen these and pull gently, you will notice 2 wires coming from the center, the left most one (black) is your horn, disconect. now gently pry between the second clip and the airbag modual (this is alittle tricky and feel free to PM me with ANY questions, better safe then sorry) once this is off remove the air back, remove the center bolt (i used a steering wheel puller) but a rachet should work.
with this off you can remove the steering wheel. Under the steering collumb casing there are 3 screws remove these and the top and bottome casing can be removed. Disconnect the wiper swith and the head light switch. (harness can be pulled off from the bottom of the switch, there are 2 screws on each of these and they can be removed.
OK , thats all done, get a drink or 6 (makes it more fun) now we get to the "hard" part.
Get you 10 mm socket and rachet, starting on the driver side.
remove these 2
now there is one behind where the cluster was
remove this as
remove the caseing with the fuse box cover, this is two screws and then just pull, i left mine attached by my feer ( later realized how mush of a pain in the *** this became)
there are two more screws on the driverside that are now exposed.
Here
and Here
7 more to go.
now lets sit in the passenger seat. remove these two bolts
and
these are located behind where the glove box was.
looking up here
you will see your passenger side air bad help on to the car by 2 bolts, you guessed it, unscrew them!
ok, two more to go
Take these off and thats it. now comes the pulling, and pulling and pulling, you will need two people for this.
Take your time as you start to remove the dash there is a sensor that needs to be unpluged on the top passenger side and the dimmer switch needs to be disconected as well.
I sudjest the owner of the car takes the driver side as it is the most tricky. sarting on the passenger side give a pull and you should hear a snap sound, that is because the das is still help on by 3 clips along the glass. THERE IS NO WAY TO UNDO THESE THAT I COULD FIND. you have to pull and pull till its loose, then remove. When you have it out you can replace the clips with new screws
Hope this is helpfull and if there is any clarity need pm me and i will adjust this DIY. Thanks all.
Here is what you are left with
then after back together
