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Sep 7, 2005 | 07:45 PM

Preston

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Removing Carpet

What's the best way to remove the carpet without cutting it and without removing the whole dash? Is there a way? I'm trying not to cut or damage any factory parts during my stripdown. Thanks.

Sep 8, 2005 | 04:02 AM

h22lude

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Good luck with that. Those damn plastic clips always break.

There is no way to remove it without cutting part of it.

Sep 8, 2005 | 06:04 PM

l2aine

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the cut is hidden anyways if you're worried about that. But yeah - the "best" way is to remove the dash and the impact brace. There's no other choice.

Sep 8, 2005 | 07:56 PM

Preston

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It's out, I cut it, and glad I took it out. I got two small rust holes at the back end corners of the floor pan...gotta fix em up.

Sep 8, 2005 | 08:10 PM

h22lude

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Removing the brace is more then just unscrewing it. You will have to move a bunch of other crap out of the way too.

I am going to cut mine behind the console so it will never be seen

Sep 10, 2005 | 01:52 PM

Ayuaddict

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i cut the **** out of mine...but i wasnt ever gonna use it again

Sep 16, 2005 | 07:10 PM

l2aine

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Originally posted by h22lude
Removing the brace is more then just unscrewing it. You will have to move a bunch of other crap out of the way too.

I am going to cut mine behind the console so it will never be seen

well for S14's there's 2 nuts on the left, 2 bolts on the right, 2 bolts in the center, 1 bolt behind the cluster, and you unclip the antenna and airbag harness wires... which to me isn't that much of "a bunch"