Doing some cosmetic upgrades to the dash panels this weekend as well as the gauge rings, etc. I decided I may want to wrap the top of the dash in alcantara as I've got some laying around. I removed all the screws for the top pad of the dash but there must be one I'm missing as I can't seem to get the passenger side to move. I think it may be accessed from below and it is behind the passenger air bag. Anyone have experience in removing this, as it is quite different than the 02-04 models. Thanks in advance.

 

To add, I removed the torx head bolts in the defroster ducts and behind the cluster, as well as all the smaller torx screws on the front and sides.

 

ya, theres a cable bolted to the dash frame. its supposed to hold that dash piece when the airbag goes off. i know theres a thread on this somewhere. someone managed to actaully get the dash off of their 05-06 (super pita vs the earlier models).

ECS may be able to help out with a pic if they see this thread, or try and look for a build drawing.

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ss-airbag.html

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...p-removal.html

 

Thanks rkw!!! That explains a little bit of what's going on. Mine is so tight, it won't even pull up on the passenger side to allow access to the cables to unscrew them so I'm not sure what I'll do there.