sweetness34
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So I decided to just start taking apart my interior to attempt to hardwire my radar detector and I'm going to attempt to do some sort of a write up. I planned on taking lots of pictures but kinda forgot about it in the moment so I took some as I put it all back together. Sorry about the messy car, stupid salty winters make it look like crap 😡
Start with taking the ash tray/ cubby out and gently pull up on the gloss black plastic piece towards the bottom of where the flip up door opens(where the red arrows are). Once that pops off then you should be able to slide it out. there are tabs(green arrows) that kinda act like a hinge. Once that piece is out you can pull the cig lighter/ cubby out by pulling on the clips where the yellow arrows are. then disconnect the plug from the back of the cig lighter.
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By the driver side right knee there is a plastic panel that meets up to the carpet. you can squeeze a few fingers behind the plastic and pull it should pop right off. Moving the seat all the way back helps but is not necessary.
Now you can remove the other glossy black plastic that runs up by the steering wheel. There is a clip by the red arrow and the three blueish circles have tabs that you can treat as a hinge and it will come right off.
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Once that plastic panel is popped off you can remove the plastic panel next to it that runs up near the steering wheel and there are 2 screws (red arrows) one is coming at you and the other is perpendicular to the first going towards the drivers legs. I believe I used a 9/32" to take those off cant remember forsure tho but I used it for every screw in these pictures.
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Next go over to the compartment by the drivers left knee and open it. there will be two screws. Once those are out you should be able to pull up on the bottom where the screws were and wiggle out the light switches
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now to remove the steering column cover there is a screw underneath that I took out and then realized I didnt need to so I put it back. The top of the cover comes off by pulling up on it where the turn signal and wiper stalks come out. There are two clips, one on each side, that pop off.
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Once those are out it should have a few clips that almost resemble an open ended wrench(top cover) and those clip onto pegs(bottom cover)
I believe there are two on the right side and one on the left. Those will pop off just by pulling up, but be careful, there is a rubber sheet or whatever you wanna call it connecting to a trim piece below the cluster. Unfortunately I dont have a picture of that
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Once the top part of the column cover is free then you can unscrew the thin trim piece below the cluster. One screw each side.
There is one screw at the bottom outside corners of the both the tachometer and speedometer. Take those out and the cluster comes out and unclips!!
No officer I have absolutely no idea how fast I was going....😀
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The front driver pillar has two clips on it. One has a leash, not sure why. Maybe so it doesn't hit you while your driving? I thought the clip held it in pretty well.
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I tried to label the orientation so its easier to figure out. The clip with the "leash" unclips from the pillar cover. The red arrow points to the clip and the blue arrow points to where the clip clips 😀.
Once its unclipped you can slide it towards the headliner and it will come right out.
(This picture I'm going to try to add below because it says I've reached a maximum)
Incase you haven't figured it out by now I ran my radar detector wire across the headliner, just tucked it in up there, then down the pillar and left all of the extra wire by the fuses behind the compartment. Also you can see my concealed display hanging in one of the pictures with the gauge cluster. Still need to tap into power and ground it for the radar install to be done! More pictures later..
Then reverse the process to put it all back together.
Start with taking the ash tray/ cubby out and gently pull up on the gloss black plastic piece towards the bottom of where the flip up door opens(where the red arrows are). Once that pops off then you should be able to slide it out. there are tabs(green arrows) that kinda act like a hinge. Once that piece is out you can pull the cig lighter/ cubby out by pulling on the clips where the yellow arrows are. then disconnect the plug from the back of the cig lighter.
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By the driver side right knee there is a plastic panel that meets up to the carpet. you can squeeze a few fingers behind the plastic and pull it should pop right off. Moving the seat all the way back helps but is not necessary.
Now you can remove the other glossy black plastic that runs up by the steering wheel. There is a clip by the red arrow and the three blueish circles have tabs that you can treat as a hinge and it will come right off.
View attachment 4591
Once that plastic panel is popped off you can remove the plastic panel next to it that runs up near the steering wheel and there are 2 screws (red arrows) one is coming at you and the other is perpendicular to the first going towards the drivers legs. I believe I used a 9/32" to take those off cant remember forsure tho but I used it for every screw in these pictures.
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Next go over to the compartment by the drivers left knee and open it. there will be two screws. Once those are out you should be able to pull up on the bottom where the screws were and wiggle out the light switches
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now to remove the steering column cover there is a screw underneath that I took out and then realized I didnt need to so I put it back. The top of the cover comes off by pulling up on it where the turn signal and wiper stalks come out. There are two clips, one on each side, that pop off.
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Once those are out it should have a few clips that almost resemble an open ended wrench(top cover) and those clip onto pegs(bottom cover)
I believe there are two on the right side and one on the left. Those will pop off just by pulling up, but be careful, there is a rubber sheet or whatever you wanna call it connecting to a trim piece below the cluster. Unfortunately I dont have a picture of that
.View attachment 4587
Once the top part of the column cover is free then you can unscrew the thin trim piece below the cluster. One screw each side.
There is one screw at the bottom outside corners of the both the tachometer and speedometer. Take those out and the cluster comes out and unclips!!
No officer I have absolutely no idea how fast I was going....😀
View attachment 4588
The front driver pillar has two clips on it. One has a leash, not sure why. Maybe so it doesn't hit you while your driving? I thought the clip held it in pretty well.
View attachment 4590
I tried to label the orientation so its easier to figure out. The clip with the "leash" unclips from the pillar cover. The red arrow points to the clip and the blue arrow points to where the clip clips 😀.
Once its unclipped you can slide it towards the headliner and it will come right out.
(This picture I'm going to try to add below because it says I've reached a maximum)
Incase you haven't figured it out by now I ran my radar detector wire across the headliner, just tucked it in up there, then down the pillar and left all of the extra wire by the fuses behind the compartment. Also you can see my concealed display hanging in one of the pictures with the gauge cluster. Still need to tap into power and ground it for the radar install to be done! More pictures later..
Then reverse the process to put it all back together.
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. Having the concealed display definitely prevents the people behind or beside you from tailgating you since you have a detector.
