HOW TO:
Replace your damaged radio trim in a 1995-1997 240sx.
(obviously if you're not mentally retarded, removal is the opposite.)
So basically the story of an 16 year old cars life. Interior trim gets fucked up if not by you one of the previous owners. Some people would rather leave the cracked up interior pieces in there or if you were me. Mine originally looked like the new piece on the left below, but every mount that held it to the center console was broken.
Meaning they allowed someone with inhumane retard strength put screws back into it damaging the trim retainers. So first things first, head onto autozone with at least 1 original nissan screw. #10 3/4 is the most relevant sizing out of all of these. I just so happen to be missing TONS of these screws all around my dashboard or interior in general so I stocked up on them. The #8's are too thin for anything but the selection is less than robust at autozone.
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| About 8 dollars set back, this will make you. |
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On the left new trim piece (they do not come with hardware or a replacement cigarette lighter)
whats left of my old trim piece on the right. |
So this guy right here is the second plug by your power outlet if you have no idea what the hell it is, it's actually a light bulb, the clear plastic (which you probably can't see because your car is caked up with dirt because it's older than shit and you don't clean dumb shit like this.) is a light up ring letting you know your using the outlet for power.
You're going to want to tilt this little bastard like so while sticking a small jewelry screwdriver bit (flathead preferable) GENTLY into the squared tabs holding it in. You break one then just forget the stupid light, it's not necessary and I have no idea what size bulb to even replace this shit with.
(This is not the place for ricer advice, head over to
clearcorners.com if you want some advice about ricer bulbs)
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| The ring around the power outlet/cigarette lighter jam actually lights up. Mine randomly lit up one night and then blew out 30 minutes later. HAHA funny car |
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| You want to get a small screwdriver, prying tool and dig it in where that metal fold is and gently pull the body out. |
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| You seriously don't even have to try it will come right out, when you have enough for you to grab on with your fingers just pull it out. |
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You should be left with this guy, which you'll have to rotate around until it just falls out
(it's not screwed in, it's just weird you will see further down.) |
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| so easy someone from nico club can do it. I have faith in you guys. |
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| Here is the point where you can decide if you really want to be anal and clean this stuff before reassembly. My light doesn't work so this stuff can suck it. |
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| Here is a shot of the ring light with that blue condom off, yeah it's busted. |
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| I used all of the short size 10 screws you really only need 4 to secure the trim piece you can use the extra to replace any interior screws you might be missing in other places. |
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| The trim piece has virgin holes, make sure before you try using your retard strength to put everything back together (like the retard who tried to put the trim piece that came with the car back on) to thread the holes with your screws. You can lightly turn it unless you have the strength of 1000 vagina lips stacked on top of each other. It's fairly easy. |
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| Then lightly go around and tighten 4 screws to the radio brackets like so. Remember don't go full retard on them, just like 5 percent retard. |
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| To get the cig lighter ring back in (hint : to the left is the 2nd din pocket ) just turn it this way and it slides into place. you can rotate it anyway you want after the fact. |
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| Then you just slide the internals of the cig lighter back in and it should be nice and firm into place, remember if you go full retard you will crack it and it will be loose and annoy the ever living shit out of you if you ever intend to plug a phone charger up to it. |
There are a total of 5 screws you will need to put back two up top, two down below and one in the upper right hand corner of the coin pocket. Just like your wheels slowly thread in each screw and gently torque them down until they're nice and hand tight. (like thumb, middle finger, pointer finger tq) Again don't get this far and go all full retard and break the corners of this piece. You gotten so far and I'm proud of you!
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| It's almost like I have a new fucking car, I wish I could've gotten a picture of the tears coming down my eyes. Now Police who have nothing better to do than give me modified exhaust tickets while driving 30mph in 5th gear wont think I stole my car. Since the radio trim was broken all to shit, I may even get out of more tickets with this. |
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| Next is this poor bastard, sadly I need gas money so I didn't make it rain at west covina nissan. You guys are evil for having the best prices for OEM parts and having them in stock for my car. That's where 40 percent of all of the parts from Simone came from FYI. |
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| All finished, too bad my dashboard still looks like my buddy Thomas Brisbons broken and ashy feet. |
And this folks has been a how to from your friendly neighborhood Wayne T. Edwards aka Om1kron aka 137 on how to pimp your ride.
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