Lower trim panel removal
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Lower trim panel removal
Driver's side, 1996.
The page in the FSM is rather vague on this subject and the illustration doesn't help much. I'd like to know how many fasteners have to be removed and their locations. I can see the two hex head fasteners going through the knee bolster which I assume have to come out, but there must be more.
The page in the FSM is rather vague on this subject and the illustration doesn't help much. I'd like to know how many fasteners have to be removed and their locations. I can see the two hex head fasteners going through the knee bolster which I assume have to come out, but there must be more.
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There are 2 smaller hex fasteners on the side (facing the door panel). I don't recall exactly how many are on the front of the hush panel, but I'm pretty sure there's more than 2. One is up close to the tunnel.
*edit* = the one I'm thinking of close to the tunnel may be for the metal panel underneath the hush panel - my car is in storage, so I'm working from faded memory
*edit* = the one I'm thinking of close to the tunnel may be for the metal panel underneath the hush panel - my car is in storage, so I'm working from faded memory
Last edited by pianoguy; Jan 24, 2009 at 04:22 PM.
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Driver's side, 1996.
The page in the FSM is rather vague on this subject and the illustration doesn't help much. I'd like to know how many fasteners have to be removed and their locations. I can see the two hex head fasteners going through the knee bolster which I assume have to come out, but there must be more.
The page in the FSM is rather vague on this subject and the illustration doesn't help much. I'd like to know how many fasteners have to be removed and their locations. I can see the two hex head fasteners going through the knee bolster which I assume have to come out, but there must be more.
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No, it's the carpeted strip just above the trim panel.
Mine is sitting in the (unheated) garage also. I'm in the northeast and it's f'in freezing. I'm waiting for a warm day to get into it.
Mine is sitting in the (unheated) garage also. I'm in the northeast and it's f'in freezing. I'm waiting for a warm day to get into it.
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