painting dash, frustration Options

[celicakid]

hi...ive painted almost all of my dash inserts except for the passenger side vent below the defogger...it just doesnt seem to wanna come out!...if n e one could help i would be greatly appreciative, also ive painted the centre console except for the lower piece...it all comes out except for the cig. lighter, n e tips?

[chucho]

take off the surrounding where u shifter is, their are two screws at the bottom of the center console.

[SiKBOY]

A lot of people have troubles with the passenger side vent, Its poorly designed and once its in, it kind of stays in. Keep working on it slowly as I have heard that people have broken the clips trying to get it off.

I got mine off from behind the vent but I had to take out the glove box. pm me if you want details of how I did it.

This post has been edited by SiKBOY: Jun 15, 2003 - 3:44 AM

[erc]

I suggest prying from the top and bottom rather than the sides. You'll probably break the vent if you pry from the middle on either side (the hinge that allows the vent to swivel is right there)

[OneLuv1]

ok, so i broke my passenger side vent when i did mine. but, it seems if you go from the top, you have to kind of use your screw driver to go back and up a little, behind the vent (on the top), then press down to get the metal clasp to release from the dash... its a pain in the izzass... be very careful............