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Quote: Originally Posted by Gr8Dain

Well, the trim rings did not come loose at all. They seemed to be attached to the face plate (gray) which comes off with the rounded piece that is the alloy patina in my car. I did not pull any more that necessarry to get the tubes out from under the panel.

There are definitely clips to hold it on. You can hear them release. In fact, the center piece is overlapped by both side pieces and the center ends of both end pieces came unclipped as well in order to provide clearance.

When the tubes were reinstalled, it simply took a slight bump of my fist to 'pop' the clips right back into place.

I will say that I grabbed the center panel right under the lip directly outside of the tubes and pulled evenly and slowly. I did not want the clips to give and me to end up ripping the entire thing off. I might have been too cautious, but better safe than sorry.

You might try the lower end method by removing the shift gate and cup holder trim. I simply could not get the metal clips for the mirror switch to release without applying a screwdriver and did not want to slip and gouge the plastic.

Good luck.

Dain,
Silly question: did you pull the negative battery terminal or did you do it live?
And did you have to reinitialize anything (windows, etc.)?
-Eric