Help! Plastic Steering Wheel Column Cover

[Wacky Dee]

I'm trying to install some new LEDs in the dash but the first step is taking of the steering wheel column plastic cover ... I've unscrwed 2 screws from below and tried pulling it apart but it's not doing it.

There are 3 more holes underneath, I think they might have screws in them too but the holes are narrower and quite deep so my screw driver can't even reach to the end (10cm or so).

Wtf am I doing wrong ??? Do all 5 holes on the bottom plastic have a screw that needs to be unscrewed in order to take the damn plastic cover off ??

It's an R34 GTT by the way..

Edited May 29, 2008 by Delta Force

[Granthem]

yeh. if there is a hole, there is a screw, so take them out.

then pull the steering wheel clip that lets you adjust the tilt down. finally, unclip the two parts and pull the bottom off. they still clip after all the screws, so it might take some elbow grease

[Wacky Dee]

OK got another longer screwdriver and got the rest of the screws out .. steering column cover is off.

I've now taken out the 2 screws at the top holding the plastic cover over the cluster but it doesnt seem possible to pull this cover off as the bottom part seems glued to the dash and isn't coming off - only the top bit can be moved a bit towards me.. Any ideas?

Edit: never mind ...got it. Now I've got the whole cluster box ready to be pulled out but it's too big o pass through the space between the steering wheel and dash.

Is there any way to separate the black and white part of the big cluster ? or do I have to unplug those 3 white power cables ??

Edited May 29, 2008 by Delta Force

[Wacky Dee]

Never mind all done

First time doing this ... took close to 2 hours. Those bloody power connectors are a bitch to get out!! They're like the pc cdrom and motherboard power connector without any room to wiggle heh.