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YOUR RESEARCHAnybody ever change the horizontal dash trim pieces?
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Anybody ever change the horizontal dash trim pieces?
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Beats using a soldering iron on my dashboard, IMO.
Anybody ever change the horizontal dash trim pieces?
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Mine are the ugly blackish with the grey specs on them and I want to change them out. However, they have a bunch of Phillips head screws on the back....don't know if it's as easy as removing the HVAC duct and unscrewing them from under the dash or if it's a real PITA. Here's a picture of them removed with the screws:
good DIY tips on doing this @ renntech.org. This one is the "best" IMHO:
http://www.renntech.org/forums/tutor...ps-how-to-pic/
also a good post here (#6):
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...xperience.html
I removed mine (without damaging them), painted them alumalook silver, and reinstalled. It is kind of a PITA to get to all the torx screws on the back of the trim strips, but it came out nice. Beats using a soldering iron on my dashboard, IMO.
I mostly used the DIY in
post #25 here
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You can also find some suggestions here.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...sh-strips.html
The two on either side of the steering wheel weren't bad. You need to remove vent near the driver's side door to get to the one near the ignition. I had my gauge cluster console off anyway for another job, so the one between the steering wheel and the radio was easy too. (not sure if you need to remove the gauge console, but it made it easy)
The one on the passenger side was a pain in the @ss. It took a long handled driver, a swivel extension, a torx bit, a mirror, and a flashlight to get to six or so torx screws that hold it on. I got it eventually.
I sanded and painted them, then put them back on. I also did the rosette surround around the ignition. That pops right off.
