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Originally Posted by woosolow
Thank god I found your post OP, you are our goddess hero lol... the stupid rattle somewhere around my dashboard is driving me NUTZ!!! everytime i drive by the bumppy road it makes noise somewhere around the center of the console / cup holder area. dang! 
i came off from a e92, never experience any rattle noise from my ride before; which somehow makes me miss my old baby 
its my 1st time to dig out the dashboard myself and not 100% confident about my skills, would you kindly elaborate a little bit further on the bold lines below
1. Pull out A/C CF trim
This piece comes out easily without using any pry bar.
Just follow first 25 seconds from this video to take out the trim.
Make sure your car is off before pulling this out as you have to disconnect 2 connectors. is it just pull it hard then the 2 connectors will detach? i m worried i will rip-it-off lol
2. Pull out AC vent from CF trim
This piece is actually quite hard to take out.
Contact points that are holding AC vent is somewhat fragile and can break if you apply too much force.
If you are not confident in your skill, you can skip this and go to step 4.
i strongly believe thats noise coming from, as the CF trim is banging against the back panel frame... as well as those little metal screw knobs. as well as the edge of the trim (right beside the passenger window), the little metal screw is making noises as well.
anyway, so how do you take out the CF trim apart from the back panel? any specific area needs to pay attention, as u said it is fragile and easy to break.
P.S.: looking forward for your updated / revised post in regards to the easy fix on the door panel tho  thanks in advance |
Sorry about the late response. I don't check forum as much as before.
For those 2 connectors, each one of them has one side which you have to push down little plastic thing to release it. You need to pull out this thing while pushing those down. No need to apply much force when pulling out.
To take out the AC duct from CF trim, start working from the side shown in the picture below. I inserted small pry bar to create some gap to lift off duct trim from base CF trim (circled in green). Work first from far left or right most one. First one is hardest, but once one of them comes off, rest should be easy (total 6 on this side).
Installing back is as easy as just pushing this thing back to base.
