how do you remove dash suround with out breaking air vent mounts.

[210lpa]

Hi peple this is my first post and have been going through a lot of the sites for a fair while now.(very informitive site indeed) Ive got a poverty pack vs sedan l.a.r. ive been to 3 or 4 wrecker trying to get a dash soround with the centre air vents still attached out with not much success in not been able to get them out with out breaking the mount for the air vents breaking off.could some one please tell me am i being to rough or do i have to spend a bit mor time undoing other bits to do it.all i do is un do the two screws on the upper dash facia where the speedo rpm gauges are . any help would be great.

[Verynice]

Probably being too rough lol. The vents are screwed to the back of the dash surround. It would take some force to break them off. Undo the 2 screws and carefully pull the surround out and there they are.

[aceventura]

I had exactly the same problem. I had a fascia that had two large cracks in it from previous owners that had screwed a mobile phone holder onto it. I wanted to replace it, so I pulled my dash fascia out extremely carefully but still broke one of the tabs off. The the screw holes for the centre vents disintegrated as I pulled it out. When I went to the wreckers to get a another fascia, the attachment points were all in worse condition than the one I pulled out. After a while I got sick of looking so I forked out the $100 and bought a new one from Holden.

Maybe the plastic gets brittle over time?

[jokerflingo]

Maybe the plastic gets brittle over time?

Of course plastic gets brittle over time, it just means you have to be extra careful. I got 2 dashes from down at the wreckers without breaking anything and even if i did break the air vent i wouldn't pay Holden $100 for it id just glue it back on.

[210lpa]

Probably being too rough lol. The vents are screwed to the back of the dash surround. It would take some force to break them off. Undo the 2 screws and carefully pull the surround out and there they are.

Ahh yes, i do get a bit carried away when removing parts off a car, i shall be a bit more patient next time i go to the wreckers to get one thanks for the advice.

[Verynice]

Unless of course (as mentioned) the plastic is brittle then it might snap off easy.

[subieboy]

I just rebuilt mine with bog, re-drilled the hole and bob's u'r uncle...

[210lpa]

I just rebuilt mine with bog, re-drilled the hole and bob's u'r uncle...

Thanks for that idea,much cheaper than a second hand one from the wrecker,bog has many uses.