Taking it all out... (How?) Options

[6gcs3nz]

Hi guys

Firstly.. sorry for posting yet another interior query.

I've bought the materials/paints/spare plastic parts to practise on and have read a lot off this site on how to paint and take out our vents/inserts etc. Thank you all who have taken the time to write up How To's of these. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. I still have a couple of questions for those who have done the entire centre console and the driver under side panel (Below the steering coloumn). So here are my questions :

1) How do you remove the driver under side panel (below the steering column)?

2) How do you remove the steering colomn and the plastic piece in the front of the counters ? (The piece that runs across over the steering coloumn and has the ignition chamber face)

3. How do you remove the entire centre panels? (The housing where the front ashtray and centre compartment is)

Are these pieces easy to remove? Would I need a jack-hammer?

Any help on these question GREATLY appreciated! Thank you all for making this site so damn addictive!!!

I'm going to start on the vents and the centre shift and stereo panels

[JKceli]

Panel under the steering column is held in by 4 screws and 2 clips. The top two are under the long plastic ignition panel (that pops off with a little pulling, you just have to disconnect the harness on the dimmer). There is one visible screw at the bottom right corner and one underneath the fuse panel. After you take those screws out, it should pull out fairly easily.