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Hello, long time lurker, first time poster. Here's one for all of us who think the console door opens funny. After oiling the pivit points the door is still hard to open and the door want's to close on your hand wile your reaching in. So to fix this litte delima just take your wire cutters and snip part of the spring, in the center of the hinge, where it bends 90 degrees on one side. Now the spring is ineffective and the door goes up easy and stays up. Just use pliers to hold on to the part your cutting off so it doesn't fly around the car or in your eye when you cut it. 
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Originally Posted by ZO6DRIVER
Hello, long time lurker, first time poster. Here's one for all of us who think the console door opens funny. After oiling the pivit points the door is still hard to open and the door want's to close on your hand wile your reaching in. So to fix this litte delima just take your wire cutters and snip part of the spring, in the center of the hinge, where it bends 90 degrees on one side. Now the spring is ineffective and the door goes up easy and stays up. Just use pliers to hold on to the part your cutting off so it doesn't fly around the car or in your eye when you cut it.
Great Idea....
Thanks,
Jim
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Originally Posted by Dark-Knight
Now that's a heck of an idea! I always struggle opening the darn thing!
You have to pull towards you first and then up,... there is no problem opening it...
I learned this my first day with my first vet... have never had a problem opening it.. or it opening far enough
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Originally Posted by sandmanusd
I don't understand... the hinge is designed to do that... (dont' know why but it is)
You have to pull towards you first and then up,... there is no problem opening it...
I learned this my first day with my first vet... have never had a problem opening it.. or it opening far enough
You have to pull towards you first and then up,... there is no problem opening it...
I learned this my first day with my first vet... have never had a problem opening it.. or it opening far enough
it's simple 
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Originally Posted by sandmanusd
I don't understand... the hinge is designed to do that... (dont' know why but it is)
You have to pull towards you first and then up,... there is no problem opening it...
I learned this my first day with my first vet... have never had a problem opening it.. or it opening far enough
You have to pull towards you first and then up,... there is no problem opening it...
I learned this my first day with my first vet... have never had a problem opening it.. or it opening far enough
not that hard to figure out... 
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well i had my vette for about 8 months before i realized that the door does open all the way up! i was always too scared to break anything and never pulled it up all the way.
and when i discovered it , it was like a birthday present, except not on my birthday.
and when i discovered it , it was like a birthday present, except not on my birthday.
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I went thru the same trouble when I first got my Z06. Even though I learned the proper way to open up the console lid, it's still a PITA to deal with.
It's like the skip shift feature, you know how to get around it, but you still hate to do it.
-Goose
It's like the skip shift feature, you know how to get around it, but you still hate to do it.
-Goose
