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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 10:02 PM
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both my passener a/c vent are difficult to close. hopefully they just pop out without going behind the dash

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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 10:09 PM
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both my passener a/c vent are difficult to close. hopefully they just pop out without going behind the dash

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Nope. Gotta remove the dash pad to get to the mounting screws. Sorry.
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 06:44 PM
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how hard is it to remove dash pad ?

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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 08:02 PM
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Go here --->> http://joshker99.home.comcast.net/hudinstall2.htm to Josh's HUD retrofit and the first several steps show you how to remove the dash pad.

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Go here --->> http://joshker99.home.comcast.net/hudinstall2.htm to Josh's HUD retrofit and the first several steps show you how to remove the dash pad.

Very tedious and a bit time consuming for folks going slow and careful, but not difficult. No special tools either. (unless you consider a Torx T-15 screwdriver a "special" tool).
You can do it. Go for it!
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