Hi-
Anyone have any tidbits, pictures or guides on removing the dashboard trim? I need to remove the lower (driver-side) dashboard trim panel (including the fusebox cover, under the steering column, etc.)
Last time I took a look, there were 2 screws I removed from the bottom, but didn't have enough time to figure out where the rest were...

Thanks!

 

hmm, found this while searching: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....strument+panel
I must've missed those 2 small nut bolts.

 

the rest just pull , a little bit of force and it comes right off. it snaps in 2 or 3 places on the top part.

 

Are these small bolts at the top or the bottom?
I know where the 2 screws are, just not sure about the bolts.

 

there 2 screws, one on the left and one on the right. should snap right out when u pull toward you. remember the taps are at the top of the piece, where the screws are on the bottom of the panel.

 

This is a dealer only project.

 

har.

Thanks for the insight--I went ahead and completed the project I was doing, tucking my OBD-II scantool wires inside the dashboard with a single serial port exposed through a trim piece on the left side. Works properly this time (last time I rigged it without removing the dash panel piece, it was a clusterf*** and it didn't even work, lol... now it's mounted a little more cleanly.)

 

Got pics?

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No.

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Just kidding.

Here's some pics:

 

Oh, I'm well aware that I accidentally over-cut the trim piece with my dremel, hence the little black hole above the port.
My fault, I was holding the piece in my hand and the dremel in my other hand. Since then, I've purchased a Dremel Drill Press, and two of those trim pieces from DAVEB. I'd like to redo that trim piece correctly sometime when I get bored, so it doesn't look so ghetto.

 

lol, ironically, while driving around last night I got the P0430 code pop up again. Promptly turned on the Palm and cleared that sucker