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Disassembling The Center Stack On '08 Elantra?

Hi

Hoping Hyundai Guru can chime in a little here, or anyone with such knowledge.

I am using felt tape to quiet places and pieces in my car which may squeak or rattle or otherwise make noise going over bumps and rough pavement. I have done the storage compartment doors, fuse box door, glove compartment, ashtray, headliner "snaps," and overhead grip handles. So far so good, but the more I quiet for good, the more what isn't quiet stands out.

I opened up the top storage compartment (top of the dash center stack) and found two screws under the bottom liner. I took these screws OUT, and while the compartment got looser, there was no way of removing it. What I want to do is take OFF the housing which surrounds the stereo and vents and put felt tape between the gaps to keep these pieces from rubbing together. I have tried to put felt tape between them as is, but the tolerances are too tight to slide or jam something in. So I would like the remove the surround ( the top part, too) place the felt in, and reassemble. But i can't see a way to do it.

I do see two screws in the lower compartment (the one below the HAVC) at its rear, but have no idea if this would be part of the process. I would also like to put felt between the vents at the outer edge of the dash, if possible. But that will come later. For now I just wonder how to get the center stack safely disassembled.

Thanks for any answers :)

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Take yourself a little plastic pry-bar and pop the bezel covering the radio and vents out, it pops out. disassembly from there is pretty easy to just look and see.

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