Dash giving me HELL

[twofortyrida1388]

It has been sometime since I have taking a dashout of an S13. This bitch is giving me hell. I have it loose and the driver side is what is giving me troubles. I have the srew behind kick panel out, screws that hold gauge bezel(lights up/down thing), panel under driver side out, center console area screws out, dash vent screws, glove box out, clime control out, and I cant thing of what else is hindering it.Please lay your knoledge upon me so I can get this biotch out and painted. Thanks

[seekanddestroy]

did you take out that one bolt next to the one thing?

[MaRshMaLLow]

ok i never took out an S13 dash before but i have taken out 100's of em at work (automotive tech ) ... look fow big bolts above your pedals , drop the hole steetring column with the steering wheel , look for big bolts on the left and right of the dash cuz it bolts on to the A piller's and there will be a few big bolts right in the center below your radio ... good luck

p.s.don't forget to unplug everything lol and i hope u disconected your battery before doing the dash swap

[ThatGuy]

Don't forget about the ducts that are attached to the back of the vents. They can be a pain sometimes. Nothing that shouldn't pop right out with a little man muscle though. Just make absolutely sure you have all the bolts removed.

[D1GP]

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/228752

[twofortyrida1388]

Thanks D1GP that guide is badass. One ? do I have to loosen steering column to remove dash? Thanks

[ThatGuy]

It makes it easier if you at least loosen the column bolts so that it drops a little ways. No worries of cracking the cluster surround, and the dash comes out easier.

[MaRshMaLLow]

Thanks D1GP that guide is badass. One ? do I have to loosen steering column to remove dash? Thanks

well the steering column is bolted on to the dash support and it's only held b
by 2 14 mm nuts and 2 14 mm bolts ( or 12 mm i forgot ) and that will let u drop the steering wheel to the floor ( don't worry it won't break or mess up your steering wheel angle what so ever ... that way u will have all the room u need to take the dash out without banging it around on anything

[twofortyrida1388]

Thanks guys thats all I needed. So now the issue I have is like an idiot I didnt label my bolts. Sooo that going to be fun sorting those out. That good but if anyone has anything to add let me know.

[ms!3]

yea loosen those steering column bolts and thatll do the trick. man i took me like 3 hours to get my dash out the first time cuz i didnt drop the column, that sucked lol.

[twofortyrida1388]

Yeah man I was getting so fucking aggrivated that I felt like I could choke a kitten(an expression). I was like WHAT THE FUCK is wrong. This bitch dont want to come out.

[DJPimpFlex]

I just cut my dash down so its easy to move over it. I tend to take it out a lot.

[twofortyrida1388]

I dont plan on taking this thing out for quite sometime.