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Originally Posted by Z-Mini
Nice work! - I've got some questions
Why did you place the CD player at the bottom of the stack?
The CD player (loading slot) appears almost non-accessible directly in front of the shifter. Seems from an ergonomic perspective that it would have been more usable if it was directly below the LCD. Is there a depth issue from another component that fell into play?
Visually I think it would be more appealing if you painted the trim of the LCD to match the CD Player, HVAC controls, and the Console Switches and left the downtubes the original color.
What material did you use to fill the area between the section of downtubes you trimmed out and the edge of the LCD?
Great work! Have you tackled such dash modification before? Could you return the stock to dash if you replaced the downtubes?
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I placed the CD there for the reason because there was more clearance for it in the rear. the A/C Controls i could only move so much do to the Machanicals in the rear of it would only reach so far. I placed the toggles next because they have a clip that clips right into the A/C unit which made life awhole lot simplar. The CD is more than accessible it has plenty clearance to put your cds in and to beable to push all the buttons on the HU. and No i tore out the plastic in the dash so if i wantd to go stock. Id have to take it to the MINI Dealership to replace the whole dash peice. The Plastic holding in the CD - A/C unit is all one big front peice part of the dash and everything else in the front hahaha.. so one wrong move and this would have beeen an expensive experiment. and Yes i have done this before in my 330ci
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