Installing center console lid

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Aug 21, 2021 | 04:12 AM
  #1  
I just bought an R56S and the seller (used car dealer) said he would pay for the missing lid part to the center console.

I am totally flummoxed on how this is done. There is a tab on a hinge that projects up at a 45-degree angle; it moves back a bit but not forward or flat. At first I thought it was broken or jammed, but it appears to be designed that way. I am not able to get the lid to contact the tab, and even if I did, I don't see what holds the lid top on so it does not just slide right off.

Has anyone messed with this co


nsole enough to help?

Thanks.
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Aug 23, 2021 | 09:50 AM
  #2  
Snap the front portion on like the lid is slid back. Then push forward and snap the back in if i remember right
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Aug 23, 2021 | 05:34 PM
  #3  
Got it
Quote: Snap the front portion on like the lid is slid back. Then push forward and snap the back in if i remember right
You may be the only guy on the Internet who has actually done this, so thank you. That was pretty much the move, accompanied by a wince-inducing "snap" as those guides go into place, mimicking the sound of those same plastic guides breaking off!


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Aug 24, 2021 | 12:45 PM
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I am the only true MINI guru on the internet
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