Removing radio/HVAC controls faceplate?

[DavesG8GT]

Sorry guys I searched and came up empty handed. I may have been using the wrong search terms though. I was really looking for a pic of the back of this faceplate so I can understand where it is connected. I am installing a wideband guage in the cubby below the HVAC controls and to the left of the cig lighter/accessory area and using the cubby guage mount Intense sells. I have to take off the faceplate and mount it then put the faceplate back on.

I hear pull from the bottom, just above the cubby. And I hear you have to pull with a ton of force. But it feels like a really thick piece of plastic if you pull the whole thing. There also looks like a thin cover that you could also pull if you put a flathead in there. Anyway pictures would be worth a thousand words if anyone has any! I just want to be sure I am pulling the right thing and that I don't break anything.

Here's what I'm installing:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/DavesGTP/G8/cubbymount.jpg

[Greg@PacePerformance]

Pull everything you can grab from the bottom.
I was going to link the directions from VegasNate www.demon8designs.com but am blocked here at work

[GeoffA]

I don't have any pics, I think nate or zep might have posted some awhile back...

But yes use your hands and grab the faceplate undernieth and pull towords the shifter. Dont use a flathead



there are four of them. two at the top and two at the bottom...

[LDM]

Hope this helps, but there are four clips, and then the electrical connectors.

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/lenmartin23/G8/Demon%208%20Touchscreen/DSC_0621-1.jpg

You really do just have to pull it from the bottom. It's nerve-racking the first few times but once you've done it you'll get the technique down.

[GeoffA]

and here is where those clips cilp in

http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo67/NateTejeda/DSC03137.jpg
VNpic

[DavesG8GT]

Perfect!! Thanks so much guys. I love this forum.

[RichsGreyGT]

:hug:



Perfect!! Thanks so much guys. I love this forum.

[DavesG8GT]

:hug:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/DavesGTP/win.jpg
.....or I'll purposely mess up your car next time I do a mod to it!! :nah:

[Crazy Paul]

Large black wedge shaped clips. Stereo faceplate.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/PerthPurplePenguin/car%20parts/Clips/P1010586.jpg

[DavesG8GT]

Thanks CP. And something else I just got pointed to is a Youtube clip of how to remove and put back.
This should also be of benefit to anyone else wanting to do this. Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEwgBHBD9QM

[LDM]

I forgot about that video. Here it is embedded:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEwgBHBD9QM

[DavesG8GT]

Thanks. ^^ I haven't educated myself on how to embed a youtube video yet.

[LDM]

Thanks. ^^ I haven't educated myself on how to embed a youtube video yet.

Just click on the button that looks like a filmstrip and says "insert video" and then paste the link.

[DavesG8GT]

Just click on the button that looks like a filmstrip and says "insert video" and then paste the link.

Cool. Thanks very much.