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R50/53 Removing Center Console with Shift Well Cover?

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Old Mar 8, 2017 | 06:48 AM
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Removing Center Console with Shift Well Cover?

Does anyone know a trick for removing the mirror/seat heater button module with a craven speed shift well cover installed? Without the cover I just reached in through the shifter and pressed in the clips. I've tried gently prying it up with a screwdriver but the top plastic part just separates from the module itself. The craven speed cover screws into the console from the bottom so theres no way to remove it without removing the console first.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2017 | 07:59 AM
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sub'd about to do a center console
 
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Old Mar 8, 2017 | 01:01 PM
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So I ended up figuring it out.

I had to pop off the mirror adjuster joystick and the seat heater buttons. Just be careful not to snap the plastic. The mirror adjuster is attached to a little metal post with grooves to lock it in. The heated seat buttons just clip on to the module.

This allows you to pry off the top plastic cover of the module, there seems to be four clips near each corner. Again, be careful not to break anything. I used a small screwdriver and wedged it in between the console and the module cover and gently popped it free. Its very easy to scratch it so be careful.

Once the cover is off there are four holes cut out between the console and the module where the metal clips are. I stuck a screwdriver into them, depressed the clips while gently prying the module out. I had to work the left and right side a few times before it was out enough to pull it with my fingers.

After I unplugged the connections I just put the top cover and the buttons back on the module. It all worked when I plugged it back in after putting the console together.
 
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