Well, I'm not sure if it's happened over the time i've owned the car (not even a week yet). Or if it was already there and I didn't notice it. But anyway, the bottom section of my center consol is popping out (where the ashtray is). Now, so car i've tried putting a touch throguh and seeing if i could clip it back onto somethign, no luck there, so i tried brute force of jsut pushing it back into place and still no luck. It's realyl ****ting me cause it looks tacky in my verada! :swearing:
Any ideas on how I could snap it back into place?

My friend in his verada has the exact same problem, to fix it maybe u might need to remove it completely and take a look at all the clips maybe ones broken off or something.

I will be taking a look at his dash in the next week.

Tom

mines been like that for AGES. a clips broken. sh*ts me too

Bah. *goes to find removing dash FAQ*
Maybee next weekend I'll pull it apart and try suss out the prob.
Keep us updated on your mates verada tom :)

Will do as he is getting a system in his car and i will be the proud installer who gets to rip his dash out in 1 min.

heheheh

my friends are amazed at just how quickly i can remove the whole dash making it look all bare lol then putting it back in just as quickly.

Tom

i got that as well lol.....but not in the same place, and its cuz i lost a clip wen i pull my dash apart

Will do as he is getting a system in his car and i will be the proud installer who gets to rip his dash out in 1 min.

heheheh

my friends are amazed at just how quickly i can remove the whole dash making it look all bare lol then putting it back in just as quickly.

Tom
Yeah, i tried pulling apart my dash... followed bains instructions in the audio forum. But couldn't seem to get anywhere! hah. it felt like i was gonna break it, im too scared :P
any tips?

Well best tips for a dash killing noob is take it slow, dont rush if there is too much resistance from what you are removing dont remove it take a second look at where it might be holding on and maybe try and pull it with even force, also if the part is screwed in make sure you undo the screws and make sure u take out any plugs that are connected to the hazards etc.

Also where did u get up to when u stopped.

My friends worry when they see me just ripping everything out with soo much force and still not braking or hurting anything, most things only need very little force to remove.

Tom

Could always go to pick-a-part and learn how to pull the interiors of cars apart, if you break something, eh, who cares.

had the same prob, but got it fixed under warranty...

Also where did u get up to when u stopped.

Stage 1 :P the part around the gear stick...

Could always go to pick-a-part and learn how to pull the interiors of cars apart, if you break something, eh, who cares.
Hrmm, i doubt i'd find a 99 verada in pick'a'part?

had the same prob, but got it fixed under warranty...
That's always a thought, I did buy my car through a dealer with 3 month warrenty.. sucks they're 2 states north, but who knows, i might get 50% credit or soemthing! i'll call them tommorow, hah.

Stage 1 :P the part around the gear stick...



:bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl: sorry to laugh, haha, but yeah

first time will always be hard. the mmore u do it the looser it gets..so easier to move in and out...and in and out...and in and out etc etc

:bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl: sorry to laugh, haha, but yeah

first time will always be hard. the mmore u do it the looser it gets..so easier to move in and out...and in and out...and in and out etc etc

sounds like somebody needs a root

:stoopid: lol

I think i might maybe have to add another guide or just add to Bains one on how to remove the dash for the magna with verada in the picture too.

Okay if you got stuck at step one.

First open the centre console as this will get in your way when removing the part around the gear stick. Then open the little tray thats at the end (The little one towards the back)

Then grab the inside of it somehow and lift there is a clip at the back and thats why u want to grab the part around the console there. This should come up relatively easily.

Once you have lifted the gear cover part pull it backwards towards the back of the car as there are 2 little lips at the end of the gear cover that hold the ashtray from coming out.

The rest will be straight forward with Bains guide but if you have any probs just ask and ill help out.

Tom

sounds like somebody needs a root

pft, get ur mind outta the gutter photographer boy! any exciting photos u taken lately?

Yeah, i tried pulling apart my dash... followed bains instructions in the audio forum. But couldn't seem to get anywhere! hah. it felt like i was gonna break it, im too scared :P
any tips?
Pull it out nice and straight and you shouldnt break anything..?? its a stiff one.. :D

Pull it out nice and straight and you shouldnt break anything..?? its a stiff one.. :D

imagine how much pain you'd be in if you broke something stiff like when u were taking it out or putting it in :shifty:

Yeah had that happen in my 3 veradas. Once you pull them out, they never go back properley. You have to get new clips even though the old ones arent broken. As soon as you pull it out, the clips are stuffed. They will go back in but never as well as before.

right, cheers for the info. It's the first time ive done this, and her center seems so tight! I'll use some mroe force and hope i dont rip anything major :shock:
I might head to mitsi for a quote on some new clips also... im picky.

I replaced the HU in my friend car today.

I have pictures that might help you out ill post them up as soon as i resize them.

Tom

Here are the pics

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5426/dsc026111so.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6975/dsc026125bv.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7979/dsc026139ue.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/505/dsc026140xk.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4337/dsc026157qj.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2348/dsc026167yp.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8691/dsc026171jg.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8814/dsc026185si.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9696/dsc026212xb.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6417/dsc026229ks.jpg

here you go

Tom

i have that problem too but no clips are broken, sometimes it stays in other tines it gets shaken out by the bass!! lol just a crap thing about them

ohhh i want that silver JVC unit!!!!!!!!!

btw, wtf is that big clear ribbed pipe?

The clear ribbed thing is air routed out of the Climate control near the knob i have no idea why its there but it is.

I was pretty surprised to see it there.

Tom

ohhh i want that silver JVC unit!!!!!!!!!

btw, wtf is that big clear ribbed pipe?

Its called "ASPIRATOR HOSE" its connected to your auto climate control unit via small aspirator motor,sucks cabin air (at certain intervals)to determint and adjust cabin temperature.

cheers for the pictures.. i didnt realise i ahd to take the cup holders and ask tray out also :redface:
I'm getting my new door handle on monday, i'll try this one then too.. any guids on changing door handles? haha

ok, i managed to get out the cip holders, coin holder/12v, and the bottom part of the woodgrain (around gear stick) however i am having real trouble getting out the part with the ash tray.. the broken or loose side (left) it out and easy, but the right side just wont budge.. any ideas? tips? tricks?

To get the ashtray out stick your hand under the ashtray in the transmission tunnel until you can reach the back of the ashtray then push towards the back of the car and it should come out pretty easily.

Tom

Give the thing a good hard yank. I had the same clip broken when an audio place installed my HU, superglued the clip back together and it is good as new.

To get the ashtray out stick your hand under the ashtray in the transmission tunnel until you can reach the back of the ashtray then push towards the back of the car and it should come out pretty easily.

Tom
lol, i was trying, it wont budge! I'm so scared im gonna break it... i guess i'll go give it another shot, see how we go...

but jusdging from your pics, and from what ive seen, i dont think my clip is broken(?) i think im jsut missins some of it. i'm missing the metal part.. the actual clip bit... it's hard to tell, but from wat ive seen, that onyl seems to be it..
anywya, back to the garage i go!

btw: i changed over my door handle, that was easy.

Hrmm, i'm realyl having troubles.. is it possible it's glued in?
ive put my hand right under the trandmission tunnel thing and found the back of the unit, but the thing just wont com out, no matter how hard i pull it (keep ur mind out of the gutter :P )
do i need to take the ashtray/12v assembly out before the surround of it?

if u have pulled your hardest and its still not coming out ( please rise above the gutter thoughts ) id suggest its been glued in

hrmm, ive pulled it about 3mm out from the left.. maybee im just weak? haha
it just feels like it's lached onto somethin on the top right and just wont come out!
there's def nothing else i should of taken out or unplugged before hand?
i'll go give it some more encoragment and see what happens....