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Dash disassembly?

Old 02-22-2012, 04:06 PM
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i just ordered 2 rolls of 3m vinyl wrap to redo my interior and was wondering if anyone has any step by step pictures of how to take apart the dash with the lowest risk of snapping clips?


the 4 collums will be in carbon fiber wrap and the center piece and passenger straight piece will be brushed aluminum

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Old 02-22-2012, 04:54 PM
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take pictures of the back part of those pieces once you removed and what is in the back for further reference... i had not seen those.
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Any chance you might know how to remove the small pan on the top of the dash?
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I have not started to take apart the dash yet....just wanted to see if anyone knew the best way to take it apart...without breaking anything.... I will try and do my best to make pictures of the backs of all the pieces.
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Gotcha! Well good luck! I tried figuring it out too but I got nervous and stopped ha
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Originally Posted by F-150forlife
Any chance you might know how to remove the small pan on the top of the dash?
The junk tray? Remove the radio bezel, it will unveil 2 8mm bolts looking straight at you on the top.
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Originally Posted by rydered

The junk tray? Remove the radio bezel, it will unveil 2 8mm bolts looking straight at you on the top.
So remove the radio?


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It'll be behind that?
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A couple things I found while searching:

Here's a pic of the dash out: https://www.f150forum.com/f4/painted-dash-21751/

And an article with some exploded views and instructions on part of the dash removal: http://www.justanswer.com/ford/1klph...ross-dash.html
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Thanks! those diagrams look like they could come in handy for starting out!
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So from the looks of that diagram it seems that I can just pry off the front plate of where the air control stuff and the stereo is and then I unscrew the dump tray like that guy said. I couldn't tell if there was anyone clips or screws in the stereo bezel and I don't want to break anything

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