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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 12:48 AM
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is there a trick for getting out the passenger side airbag middle module? its held on my the four clips in the back and cant seem to find a good way to get it out without busting the tabs??
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 12:50 AM
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theres a bolt on the bottom did u take that out?
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 12:51 AM
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tyler41390 i dont know if waxing would help, it may or may not.. my .02 is to be careful not to drop or bang things against it and use good clear coat.. i use VHT and it seems to hold up nice for me
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by xxenjoi11
tyler41390 i dont know if waxing would help, it may or may not.. my .02 is to be careful not to drop or bang things against it and use good clear coat.. i use VHT and it seems to hold up nice for me
Yea I definitely try not to have stuff hit it but still somehow wears off....ill just try and lay some good coats of clear this time around
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 12:58 AM
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theres a bolt on the bottom did u take that out?
no bolt.. trying to upload a picture to this post cant find the button...
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:01 AM
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I thought this thread was about dash not dash trim lol! I wanted to see what it would look like. Only seen a orange one but the whole car was orange on orange and it was ehh.
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:06 AM
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its the last picture..
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:08 AM
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first actually..
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:13 AM
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Its kinda hooked in all I did was use a small flat head screw driver and pry it up over those little things in the front and the other side that are black and have a raised point where it hooks onto the trim
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:17 AM
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yeah i figured that was the easiest way.. just id do one side and go to do the other and the first two would clip back in.. guess ill just have to master it, thanks for the input tyler
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by xxenjoi11
yeah i figured that was the easiest way.. just id do one side and go to do the other and the first two would clip back in.. guess ill just have to master it, thanks for the input tyler
Yea just keep pressure on the front of it that way it don't clip back in while your doing the other side
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:29 AM
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yep i got it, wow that was easy i guess im slowwww. thanks again tyler... what grit paper you use before you paint? cant seem to find that perfect number
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:32 AM
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oh lol i thoguht u meant the airbag itself lol my bad
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:33 AM
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its all good, without the pic its hard to explain. thanks for checking it out and giving the input
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:36 AM
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yep i got it, wow that was easy i guess im slowwww. thanks again tyler... what grit paper you use before you paint? cant seem to find that perfect number
I just wet sanded it really good...here's how it turned out..bad pic

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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:59 AM
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oh not a bad pic. still looks awesome dude congrats
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 03:08 AM
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oh not a bad pic. still looks awesome dude congrats
Thanks it was only my second time painting
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 02:38 PM
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yeah this is my first.. finished up and turned the key and got a CEL
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 05:50 PM
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yeah this is my first.. finished up and turned the key and got a CEL
How did you get a CEL by painting your dash trim...what all pieces did you paint?
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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How did you get a CEL by painting your dash trim...what all pieces did you paint?
Yeah that cant be right haha! I mean, must be a bad timing or something. Unless you broke a wire with the pieces under the dash?

And nice paint btw! Looks like a good picture! I like how every thing matches hehe
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 10:05 PM
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Yeah that cant be right haha! I mean, must be a bad timing or something. Unless you broke a wire with the pieces under the dash?

And nice paint btw! Looks like a good picture! I like how every thing matches hehe
Yea must have been bad timing...and thanks I like how it turned out...I'm ready to throw the summer wheels back on now..and I need lowered bad haha
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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 01:31 AM
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airbag light? did u disconnect the airbag module then turn the key with it unplugged?
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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 01:46 AM
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^He could have forgot to plug it back in
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 07:27 PM
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I love seeing black cobalts with the the dash painted black, it looks crisp.
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by microgab
Yeah that cant be right haha! I mean, must be a bad timing or something. Unless you broke a wire with the pieces under the dash?

And nice paint btw! Looks like a good picture! I like how every thing matches hehe
must a been bad timing, but it went away after a mile so its all good now.
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