Tried yesterday to get that stubborn piece out. But I gave up, as I wanted to avoid braking something. Is there a trick to it (like removing the carpet first,...)? I am a little bit in dispair, as the passenger side should be the easy one to remove. Don't wanna know what to expect when trying to get the panel on the drivers side out :-(
Im trying to make heads or tails of your pic, what exactly is that a pic of ? I can see the A pillar, and it looks like the kick panel has been removed, and it looks like the carpeting. Describe what side of the interior this is on.
That looks like a passenger side non-air conditioning kick panel. It's been a while, but if I remember correctly they need to be installed before you put anything on the firewall. If that's true then you need to remove the heater box under the dash to get enough room to get that out and put another one in. You need to do the same thing on the driver side. You have to remove the parking brake assembly to get the other side in and out. Duane
They go in and out without removing anything,..gotta turn it just right,..on both sides Getting to the flap and undoing the cable is fun, its easier with the glove box liner and instrument cluster out of the way
Thanks, is kick panel just another expression for shroud side finishing panel? Then what you see is the kick panel on passenger side partly removed. The cable to the upper flap is already removed. Glove box liner is also removed. It looks like there is like a rim reinforcement all around the channel of the pannel which I do not get out of the sheet metal opening in the body.
Just coming from the garage. I did not get the thing out. The heater box is in the way. Hugger, whats your miracle trick?
Got both out. Removing the carpet did the trick. On the driver side I did remove the bracket for the parking brake and the switch for high beam.
Done tuning the kick panels. I took them out for easier routing the wires for the power windows and power door locks. Also I needed to do something as vent control cables where hard to operate, or even broken. After looking at it, it is no surprise that it does not (or no more) work as smooth as intended. The stiff single wire inside a stiff plastic tube is not the greatest idea when routed in a narrow radius. From my RC planes I know of low friction controls, which can be bend very narrow and still operate with low drag. I had some laying around and decided to use them for my vent controls. Also had to fabricate two clips to fixate the controls in the kick panel.
