| This is the left side of the lower panel. You have to remove this first. See the picture below on how the clips work. You need to get a very small flat bladed screw driver and pry out the center circle on the clip. It will release the clip to be pulled out. Actaully, after looking and taking this apart a few times, I figured out that you just push the center part in 1/8" and it will snap in instead of having to snap it out and then you can remove it the same way. You won't break it and to reinsatll it, you just pull out the tab and install it like in the picture. |
| Here is the clip holding the left and right sides of the lower panel to the truck. See! Now it makes sense. |
| Here is the right side after I removed the same little clip from the right side. Just pull gently on the panel and it should pop out of the clip in the center of the picture |
| Here is the clip right under the lighter socket. A gentle pull will release this one as well. |
| Once you pull the clips off, you'll see both of the 120W lighter adpaters connected on the panel, just tug gently on the connectors and they should slide off with no problem. |
| OK, now the tricky part. pry the RIGHT SIDE hole out first. don't pull too hard, take a look at the pics of the clips to take a look at where the clip holding the right side is. Once you pull the right side off, the left side usually snaps right off. |
| Here is a pic of the face plate back side, notice the sides the clips are on. |
| Here is what it looks like once the HVAC control panel cover is off. |
| Right hand side before taking the screw out for the vent and fascade cover. |
| Right hand side after taking the screw out for the vent and fascade cover. Notice I only took out the single screw. |
| Left hand side before taking the screw out of the vent and fascade cover. |
| Left hand side after taking the screw out of the vent and fascade cover. |
| Remove the ashtray and below the ash tray behind where the lower panel was, you'll see the last remaining screw holding the vent and fascade cover on. Its the obvious screw in the center of the picture. |
| This is a side view of the fascade panel with the vents in it. Best way to remove it, is to pop out the blank cover next to the vents (the airbag switch for the non d-cab owners out there) and pull easily on the panel. You should feel it pop out slightly as the first clip pops out. Run a flat blade screw driver under the middle of the top of the panel, and it should release the other top clip. They are a little tough to pull out at first, don't use too much force, the panel can break! Use some masking tape or something if you are worried about scratching anything. In the picture you can see the side clips, simply pull on the panel with very little force and they should pop out as well. The front panel should now be free. Careful, the lighter is plugged in as is the light for the lighter and the ashtray.
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| This is the right hand side of the front panel. Notice the clip on the top. If you have trouble pulling off the panel, that is the clip that is being difficult. (the one above the hold in the far left of the picture). |
| Here are those connectors I was warning you about. the lighter one pops off easily, but the lights somehow twist out. I left them connected when I did it as I only had it out for a minute. |
| If you want to remove the radio, remove the upper and lower screws from the plates on the right hand side of the radio. The screws are missing in the picture, I didn't get a before and after picture. |
| If you want to remove the radio you will also need to remove the left hand side upper and lower screws. The screws are missing in the picture, I didn't get a before and after picture. |
| if you look closely in this picture, you can see I have stashed my FM modulator directly under the vent output behind the panel. Its very snug in there and was very secure. Its also very close to all the connectors that it needed to work with. (Antenna, power..etc) |