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air vent trim phase 1



  Ph 1 172
Yeah there is a guy on here who recently sprayed his sure he said u have to unclip it from behind the dash!!! I'll try and find the link if not I'm trying myself on thursday and will let u know if u ain't done it already
 
  Storm Grey 200
deffo worth it, I sprayed mine the same as my door grabs (silver) it transformed the tatty interior
 
  Clio RS
I did the same couple years ago... sprayed trim around radio, door handles, ashtray, and hand brake and small handles on the seats for reclining and moving seats...
It looks great and very clean since original trim gets dirty and some kind of top rubber layer starts to peel off and it looks awful...
Good luck with taking the dash apart, however it is not that hard at all...

I did it recently since I had to replace central air vents that broke... :(

Top part has 5 screws if I remember and you have just to pull it back, bottom part is little bit more tricky and has about 8 - 10 screws, however you have to take the steering wheel off and drivers airbag of course (pass side stays in place)...

When you have bottom part out there are rivets I think that central trim is connected with dash or it was glued, I can not remember, but after you are done just put new rivets from the top, prepare some glue gun if you break some other spots where air ducts are connected with lower dash :) and it will look great...
Air ducts behind is glued with lower dash and goes off together... Just a reminder so you don't start pulling dash without black air ducts behind...

Don't forget to disconnect the battery... :)

Just take your time and take pics or write down where are the screws so you do not end up with some extra ones afterward...

Take care...

P.S. Be very careful when handling air vents since they are very fragile... and if you are painting central section paint and the sides it looks great... I will take couple pics and post it this weekend so you see what I am talking about...
 
  Clio RS
Here are some pics...
I painted these parts couple of years ago and it is still looking good...
I was taking pics while driving... :) so the quality is not the greatest...
Hope it will help someone...
Take care...

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  Clio RS
When I catch some time I will clean it up and take better photos... :)
I am very proud in taking apart glove box cover and painting the handle (last picture)...
 
When I catch some time I will clean it up and take better photos... :)
I am very proud in taking apart glove box cover and painting the handle (last picture)...



ooo man i am loving the outer air-vents.
were they hard to take off???

i must paint my window switches.
must find some silver paint first do
 
  Clio RS
it is the most difficult to take apart middle section around central vents and radio, side vents are very easy since you have to remove only upper dash... only 5 screws...
midd section requires you to completely remove dash... :(
i was painting my car some time ago, and while i was in the shop i took everything apart and had that painted by the shop... they were painting another silver car so i had that painted for free... :) they did not believe what i had done to the car just to have all these small parts painted... :D
i also put everything together again so if you have any questions just ask.
i might have some pics from before while i was doing it...

here is a pic from outside after i changed the color... mine original color was kind of dark blue and i did not like it, so here is the result...

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  Clio RS
Thanks... :)
I was going after Mica Blue color that Subaru is using for their WRX, however depending on what kind of primer the shop is applying first, you can end up with couple different shades of that color... New Clio III has similar blue color but it is not the same.
I think I did good... ;)
 


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