Hey guys, any tips for removing the wood dash trim piece that's over the glove box. I'm pulling and pulling of the thing, to the point where it feels like it is going to break but this thing won't budge. Even tried some plastic pry bar things made for removing trim, but I can't get this thing off.
Any tips?

 

Since its probably never been removed, its actually the cover for the pass. air bag. If you don't already have it off, remove the center piece (w/clock). You have to work under from that side with (hopefully you have) your non-mar plastic pry tools. You'll literally have to work around the top side being sure not to over pry and crack the veneer. Its not weak, but you do need to apply pressure, wedging in another tool as you work it along.

You go along the top because on the bottom are two restraining straps so when the air bag does deploy, it doesn't kill your passenger with the panel.

I've read where you can remove the glove box and take out the whole assembly. But I have not seen or done this.

 

I have replaced dozens of interior veneer panels during warranty repairs, especially the 2000MY 'milky' wood repairs.
I use plastic windscreen prying tools is several places at once to lessen the stress in one place.(available at glass shops or trim suppliers)

You might try to enlist the help of 'extra-hands' and several prying tools.

The fastest way is to deploy the passenger airbag but that will damage the wood and break the windscreen!!!!!!!

 

Pop the center wood trim piece off, the one that goes around the clock and center vents. Use your plastic trim tools to do that. It just pulls straight out.

After you remove the center piece, it will allow you to get your fingers behind the piece in question. Just pull straight out on the stubborn piece. The air bag is behind it, and the wood trim piece has a piece of seat belt strip attached so it wont hit you in the face when the air bag deploys. There is a long rod that you’ll have to slide out from the seat belt strap, and the trim piece is free.

You’re doing the right thing. It should just pull straight out, so keep at it.

Good luck!

 

I've removed the trim pieces around the clock as well as the one around the gauges. The clock is actually the part I'm trying to replace, but in order to get it out I have to remove both trim pieces on either side of it, so I don't have to undo seat belt strips, I just need to get the piece off. Why does it need to be this way? Who knows, but probably ol' Nigel that engineered this that stupid way was having a babd week and decided to take it out on poor sucker's like us.

Not ready to try the deploy the airbag method just yet, not that desperate, but we'll see. I've got some plastic prying tools, but the force I'm putting on them the tools themselves are bending without the trim piece coming off. I feel like I'm either going to break whatever I'm leveraging against with the pry tool, or I'm going to snap the trim piece itself in trying to pull it out.

 

Well I got it. Finally with much struggle and at one point getting one of my plastic pry bars briefly stuck behind it. In the end I had to have the pass door open and put my foot against the door jam and just pushed back with all my strength while pulling on the trim piece, and finally it came off. Well, mostly off. The left side and the bottom right corner came out but the top left just won't remove itself no matter how hard I pull. Nevermind though with the left side off it gives me the room I need to remove and reinstall the clock. Why Jaguar decided to make this piece that difficult to remove, I'll never know.