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How does one remove these vents from the dash? Mine Are kinda cruddy and sticky and i want to clean 'em up...
Or... does anyone have a photo of the dash or one of these vents removed? If I could see how they connect in there (or what they connect TO) I could figure out how to safely remove them.
Drivers side vent, 2001 i30<br/>
Last edited by Montego Murph; 07-10-2016 at 12:45 PM.
They are screwed on from the back side. You will have to remove the dash to remove them.
The first time I took a dash off, it took me several hours because I didn't know where all the screws, nuts and bolts were. The second time was less than an hour. Not a hard job, just time consuming.
I hope you have success. The vents in my 2000 Maxima would stick in the summer but not winter. In fact, when I brought the thing in the house and it cooled down, it moved fine. I guess at 100º+ the plastic expands and binds.
I experimented with my center dash vents because they were easy to remove. I first tried lubricating them, but that didn't work all that well. Then I tried sanding them, doing just a little at a time. Because I was taking the vent apart many time in this trial and error process, I eventually broke the vent. Got a junk yard replacement. It would bind in the heat, too, but I gave up and left it alone.
07-10-2016, 10:59 AM
