bunna Donating Members 813 Member For: 18y 4m 11d Posted 03/07/10 03:18 AM Share Posted 03/07/10 03:18 AM G'day all,I've noticed a couple of queries on here before about removing the FG door and dash spears, to which I replied at the time (quite incorrectly) to not bother as its too hard a job. I always knew the door spears were easy (as we remove and refit door trims all the bloody time) but I had been told the dash spear (in particular the passenger side) was a bitch. Wrong.All up it just took me 5 mins to get all the spears out (admittedly with a good dose of know how and the confidence that anything broken is easily replaceable) I've elected to leave my ICC shroud as satin alloy, as I have already purchased the FPV (matching) PRNDL shroud and tissue box holder, which I'm hoping is a nice contrast to my proposed carbon fibre dash and door spears. The carbon fibrey-ness will be provided courtesy of some 3M stickers purchased off ebay by a mate of mine for my b'day - they look great and are of fantastic quality. I don't feel the need to go real carbon fibre for my spears - a little OTT for me.Down to business.Door spears are a piece of piss to remove with a little bit of care, know how, and the right tools.Get yourself either a plastic moulding remover with a thin edge, or a flathead screwdriver covered in thick cloth. An old style staple remover is particularly effective and actually used at FoA.The red arrows indicate the position of the clips that hold the spear on - you need to use your tool to slowly work your way forward to aft of the spear to disengage these clips. The green arrow represents where you should start - there is a small depression in the spear at this point to allow for this. Below is a view of the door trim, with the corresponding holes shown. The last clip (at the rear) is not actually a clip - its a tongue (for tolerances). Simply slide the spear forward to remove it completely.Dash spears are slightly trickier, but by no means impossible.Here is a view of their clipping strategy. On top is the passenger side spear (effectively the wrong way around - air vent on the right) and below is the drivers side spear (upside down). I've added a white circle to represent roughly where the steering column would be relative to the spear.Once again, red arrows indicate the clips. The blue arrows indicate the first clips that should be removed. These are simple clips but you'll need to slightly pop off your dash end caps (again use your removal tool - fairly straightforward) to get at these. If you consider that they are just to the outboard side of you air vents then you have the idea. The driver's side is simply a matter of working your way across carefully popping the clips as you go (and hopefully since you can see where they are in my pic there's no surprises!)The passenger side is slightly more complicated. As well as clips there are two bolts (black arrows) that need to be removed. To get at these I took my glovebox out (because its rather easy). You need to get to the back of the two cutouts shown here:Again, black shows the location of the bolts, and red shows where the clips live.that's pretty much it! Of course, fire away with any questions (as I've left out some detail)I'll post some pics of the finished product when we're done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunna Donating Members 813 Member For: 18y 4m 11d Posted 04/07/10 01:40 AM Author Share Posted 04/07/10 01:40 AM Finished pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyplums Member 1,080 Member For: 16y 5m 1d Gender: Male Posted 04/07/10 02:48 AM Share Posted 04/07/10 02:48 AM nice effort and a good result. can I ask what seats you have? dont look stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino1980 09JET Member 1,510 Member For: 15y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: E. Maitland Posted 04/07/10 07:37 AM Share Posted 04/07/10 07:37 AM Nice write up Bunna! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliov Member 49 Member For: 15y 11m 25d Posted 17/03/11 11:02 AM Share Posted 17/03/11 11:02 AM Wow looks good man, that 3m stuff is incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 4m 17d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 18/03/11 04:44 AM Share Posted 18/03/11 04:44 AM great post mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kd22 Inactive Members 1 Member For: 10y 11m 25d Posted 11/01/14 07:26 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 07:26 AM G'day all,I've noticed a couple of queries on here before about removing the FG door and dash spears, to which I replied at the time (quite incorrectly) to not bother as its too hard a job. I always knew the door spears were easy (as we remove and refit door trims all the bloody time) but I had been told the dash spear (in particular the passenger side) was a bitch. Wrong.All up it just took me 5 mins to get all the spears out (admittedly with a good dose of know how and the confidence that anything broken is easily replaceable) I've elected to leave my ICC shroud as satin alloy, as I have already purchased the FPV (matching) PRNDL shroud and tissue box holder, which I'm hoping is a nice contrast to my proposed carbon fibre dash and door spears.The carbon fibrey-ness will be provided courtesy of some 3M stickers purchased off ebay by a mate of mine for my b'day - they look great and are of fantastic quality. I don't feel the need to go real carbon fibre for my spears - a little OTT for me.Down to business.Door spears are a piece of piss to remove with a little bit of care, know how, and the right tools.Get yourself either a plastic moulding remover with a thin edge, or a flathead screwdriver covered in thick cloth. An old style staple remover is particularly effective and actually used at FoA.Door Spear.jpgThe red arrows indicate the position of the clips that hold the spear on - you need to use your tool to slowly work your way forward to aft of the spear to disengage these clips. The green arrow represents where you should start - there is a small depression in the spear at this point to allow for this. Below is a view of the door trim, with the corresponding holes shown. The last clip (at the rear) is not actually a clip - its a tongue (for tolerances). Simply slide the spear forward to remove it completely.Door Trim LH.jpgDash spears are slightly trickier, but by no means impossible.Here is a view of their clipping strategy. On top is the passenger side spear (effectively the wrong way around - air vent on the right) and below is the drivers side spear (upside down). I've added a white circle to represent roughly where the steering column would be relative to the spear.Dash Spears Rear.jpegOnce again, red arrows indicate the clips. The blue arrows indicate the first clips that should be removed. These are simple clips but you'll need to slightly pop off your dash end caps (again use your removal tool - fairly straightforward) to get at these. If you consider that they are just to the outboard side of you air vents then you have the idea.The driver's side is simply a matter of working your way across carefully popping the clips as you go (and hopefully since you can see where they are in my pic there's no surprises!)The passenger side is slightly more complicated. As well as clips there are two bolts (black arrows) that need to be removed. To get at these I took my glovebox out (because its rather easy). You need to get to the back of the two cutouts shown here:Passenger dash.jpgAgain, black shows the location of the bolts, and red shows where the clips live.that's pretty much it! Of course, fire away with any questions (as I've left out some detail)I'll post some pics of the finished product when we're done!umm there is a connector plugged into my driver side dash spear, firstly what is this & secondly do I need to disconnect the batt before unplugging it? also what about before disconnecting the 12v socket connector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 18y 10m 23d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 12/01/14 03:27 AM Share Posted 12/01/14 03:27 AM Probably the connector for the pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrellk Member 22 Member For: 11y 3m 29d Posted 28/01/14 11:28 AM Share Posted 28/01/14 11:28 AM Nice work. How do you get the bolts off the passenger side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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