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PSS10 Install... Rear Strut top access? Does the panel just pull off?

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Old 06-19-2009, 03:08 PM
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PSS10 Install... Rear Strut top access? Does the panel just pull off?

Finally got off my butt as the H&R sways came from Vivid, and I'm replacing the bad front strut mount too.
What I thought would be easy, left me scratching my head...
I removed the two speaker port cover to the Bose box, and the two torx bits that hold it in. Removed box.
The panel covering the 3 strut mount nuts... how does that come off?
The Renntec site had some pics, but said the cover lifts off with no clips. I dont think so.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=7073

The rear carpet cover has these weird oval cuts in the carpet. The Oval carpet covers don't come off though and I don't think are pertinant.
MikeKelly? Anyone? I don't want to bust any clips. I've been patient this long....
Any help cheerfully accepted.
 
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Old 06-19-2009, 03:20 PM
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just pull on it, it is directly behind the seat, not where the child seat hooks are.

There is no clip or anything, it is just squeezed there.
 
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the square with the carpet glued on it lifts up and out.. just grab it and wiggle it up.. its a snug fit,, harder to get it back in
 
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Old 06-19-2009, 03:41 PM
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Child Safety seat hooks? Is that what those weird carpet ovals are? guess I should RTFM, but I'm not looking for them, so how would I know?
Any good pics from anyone? I'm really not that stupid, just not familiar with this panel. I think I'm trying to remove the wrong one.....
 
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Duh. Figured it out. I thought the whole panel came off, not just the "chunk".
Here's some pics for the next guy who's wondering....





 
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hmm i did not have that in mine, maybe because you have the subwoofer... i don't so all i have is a carpet which i can lift up.
 
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also, my PSS10 didn't look like that, i didn't have a top plate, i had to reuse the stock one. Was that a special option you ordered?
 
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also, my PSS10 didn't look like that, i didn't have a top plate, i had to reuse the stock one. Was that a special option you ordered?
Yes, those are Mode Camber plates and Mode spring mounts from Vivid. I have a bad rf oem strut mount, so time was right...
 
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ah ok thanks for the answer.
 
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