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twofortyrida1388 · 03-25-2007, 05:29 PM

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 · 03-25-2007, 05:32 PM

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

MaRshMaLLow · 03-25-2007, 05:35 PM

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** · 03-25-2007, 05:46 PM

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 · 03-25-2007, 05:47 PM

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

twofortyrida1388 · 03-25-2007, 06:25 PM

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

**ThatGuy** · 03-25-2007, 06:39 PM

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 · 03-25-2007, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by twofortyrida1388

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 · 03-25-2007, 07:10 PM

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 · 03-25-2007, 07:26 PM

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 · 03-25-2007, 07:31 PM

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 · 03-25-2007, 07:55 PM

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

twofortyrida1388 · 03-25-2007, 08:21 PM

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

03-25-2007, 05:29 PM	#1
twofortyrida1388 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wilmywood, NC Age: 36 Posts: 612 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Dash giving me HELL 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

03-25-2007, 05:35 PM	#3
MaRshMaLLow Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: CaLifoRniA Age: 39 Posts: 1,397 Trader Rating: (17) Feedback Score: 17 reviews	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 __________________ Keeping It Real Since 1985

03-25-2007, 05:46 PM	#4
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 45 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

03-25-2007, 06:39 PM	#7
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 45 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

03-25-2007, 07:55 PM	#12
DJPimpFlex Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rohnert Park, CA Age: 39 Posts: 6,158 Trader Rating: (115) Rides Gallery: DJPimpFlex Feedback Score: 115 reviews	I just cut my dash down so its easy to move over it. I tend to take it out a lot. __________________

03-25-2007, 05:32 PM	#2
seekanddestroy Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: califorrrnia Posts: 187 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	did you take out that one bolt next to the one thing?

03-25-2007, 05:47 PM	#5
D1GP Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 378 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/228752

03-25-2007, 06:25 PM	#6
twofortyrida1388 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wilmywood, NC Age: 36 Posts: 612 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thanks D1GP that guide is badass. One ? do I have to loosen steering column to remove dash? Thanks

03-25-2007, 07:10 PM	#9
twofortyrida1388 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wilmywood, NC Age: 36 Posts: 612 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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.

03-25-2007, 07:26 PM	#10
ms!3 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Age: 35 Posts: 1,563 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	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.

03-25-2007, 07:31 PM	#11
twofortyrida1388 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wilmywood, NC Age: 36 Posts: 612 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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.

03-25-2007, 08:21 PM	#13
twofortyrida1388 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wilmywood, NC Age: 36 Posts: 612 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I dont plan on taking this thing out for quite sometime.