Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

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Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:27 pm

About 2 years ago, my daughter pushed my sunroof button up into the overhead console. Except for my exquisite Alcantara headliner, I believe that your plebian M96 powered cars have the same setup. Anybody know how to remove the overhead console so I can snap the sunroof button back in?

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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by gnat » Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:13 pm

Plebeian? See here peasant, if you had real class not only would the roof liner be leather, but the console cover would be covered in leather too. Speak not to me of your low class Alcantara.

As to the rest, I have no sunroof to have a button of which to be pushed in, so I got nothing useful which is about all you should expect from me. :lol:

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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:19 pm

gnat wrote: Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:13 pm Plebeian? See here peasant, if you had real class not only would the roof liner be leather, but the console cover would be covered in leather too. Speak not to me of your low class Alcantara.

As to the rest, I have no sunroof to have a button of which to be pushed in, so I got nothing useful which is about all you should expect from me. :lol:
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www.kansascityautomuseum.com
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red

2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver

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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:34 pm

Alcantara! I got a Honda Civic full of Alcantara! Special?...NO.

On a let's help Frunk note. I swear I read somewhere about how to take that piece off. Let me think for a few.
gnat wrote: Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:13 pm Plebeian? See here peasant, if you had real class not only would the roof liner be leather, but the console cover would be covered in leather too. Speak not to me of your low class Alcantara.

As to the rest, I have no sunroof to have a button of which to be pushed in, so I got nothing useful which is about all you should expect from me. :lol:
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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by 5chn3ll » Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:59 am

https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticl ... emove%20it.

Short version: carefully pry off the two useless oval discs to get to the screws. Wrap a tiny flathead screwdriver with painter's tape or use a plastic spudger so you don't further clap out your Turbro. :D

Or just drive a drywall screw into each disc and yank 'em out with pliers. Whatever.

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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by 32wildbilly » Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:07 am

There it is! I quit going to Pelican after they got bought out, but I knew I had seen that somewhere.

Wayne would not approve of your alternative method.
5chn3ll wrote: Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:59 am https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticl ... emove%20it.

Short version: carefully pry off the two useless oval discs to get to the screws. Wrap a tiny flathead screwdriver with painter's tape or use a plastic spudger so you don't further clap out your Turbro. :D

Or just drive a drywall screw into each disc and yank 'em out with pliers. Whatever.
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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by Dr_Strangelove » Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:59 am

Oh I have the same issue. You're probably going to find that one of the retaining clips has snapped off. Mine has been held "temporarily" with a little bit of tape for 3 years.
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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by sitedrifter » Sun Feb 27, 2022 9:49 am

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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by 5chn3ll » Sun Feb 27, 2022 10:47 am

My Indy JB Welded my sunroof switch back in place when I had it in for a new clutch. Love those Black Forest guys.

“Cust states sunroof switch is pooched. Can glue it back together for free, or I can order a shitload of $$ worth of parts. Pls advise.”

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Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by Einsteiger » Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:02 am

Thanks for the Pelican link. I now have the same problem with the wayward switch. My 996 has the full monty leather interior, so I'll be sure to wear white gloves while performing any repair attempt.
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