The only threads I can find are about 1st gen MC. I don't want to brake anything. I see some screws at the bottom, what else is there to get the DS knee bolster off?

 

378 views and no-one knows how to remove?

 

If you are talking about the large piece under the steering wheel, remove the 3 screws on the bottom and pull. It will pop off. You can't really break anything.

 

Pull from the top after removing the screws?

 

I usually pull from the bottom. You'll hear it go pop, pop. There are 4 hidden posts holding it on.

 

No need to remove any screws. It has friction fit posts at the top and tabs along the bottom that are shaped to work like a hinge. Pull at the top until it releases. If it doesn't release, you aren't pulling hard enough (don't be a wimp about it). Once the top posts release, the panel tilts down and is easy to pull off from the hinge tabs at bottom.

http://www.mini2.com/forum/faq.php?faq=faq_interior (scroll down to "How to remove interior bits")

 

Is that for the 2nd gen? I've removed the panel a dozen times and never noticed the hinge feature.

 

Thanks cerenkov, that's what I was looking for!

 

Oops, my bad! I didn't notice that this is in the 2nd gen forum.

 

The panel looks like this on the back and comes out. http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...31#51162757647



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