how do i remove the center vent plastic above radio to paint it? door defog vents? - Honda Prelude Forum

tastyratz · 07-13-2002, 07:37 AM

i just got some special paint made for doing just that for bodyshops and i took out ALOT of stuff but i cant figure out how to get that vent out! anyone else ever done this? im trying to get the ones that defog the side windows also... anyone know how?

MR.CLIFFORD · 07-13-2002, 08:21 AM

First off. Use some common sense. Don't be stupid. Case in point

and another

That being said.

For the defrost vents in your door you have to pull the door panel off. There are a couple of screws to remove first. They are in yellow. You have to remove the little triangle piece right above the vent. It just pulls off. Then a little pressure will do to get the door panel off. You don't want to yank hard cause you have to work the plastic trim around the door handle to get it off with out breaking it. Be patient cause you don't want it to get messy. You should have to push up a little cause the panel sorta hangs on the part in the green circle. The plugs you are pulling out are in red. Make sure to unplug the mirror controls, door lock, and window controls. Once your panel is free you can get to the vent. The part circled in blue is the vent shaft leading up to the defrost. There is one screw to take out. Should just pull out after that. The top screw should be the one to hold the vent in place. Just pull it out. Now I have never taken the vent out so I don't know if it is glued or just stuck in place. Take your own risk. This is also a good time to replace your speakers with some high quality mids. Everything goes back the same way. Whenever you replace the panel... it is all backwards. You have to work the door handle in place first to get it on there.

MR.CLIFFORD · 07-13-2002, 08:30 AM

I think IMHO... if you are going to change the interior you should do all of it.

tastyratz · 07-13-2002, 09:16 AM

the link didnt work! can you put the picture somewhere else?

MR.CLIFFORD · 07-13-2002, 09:19 AM

Did you copy and paste? I can post it somewhere else but it will be after noon today. I can't get to my imagestation account because of my firewall at work

tastyratz · 07-13-2002, 09:21 AM

i clicked it will you email the pic to me? (email address)

MR.CLIFFORD · 07-13-2002, 09:27 AM

YGM

MR.CLIFFORD · 07-13-2002, 09:35 AM

I changed the link so you can view.

tastyratz · 07-13-2002, 09:39 AM

got it it works... thanks

MR.CLIFFORD · 07-13-2002, 09:41 AM

Does it make sense? I did all that from memory.

tastyratz · 07-13-2002, 09:48 AM

what about the one in the center console? theres 2 screws holding it in i see but i cant find what else holds it there. any suggestions on that?

MR.CLIFFORD · 07-13-2002, 10:15 AM

I have tried to take that off but didn't get very far. You have to remove the piece around the shifter. There are a couple of screws that hold it together but I don't know how to pull it out. I think you have to pull out the vents and AC controls. Hopefully a more experienced person can help. Maybe this will help.

G_Loc · 07-13-2002, 02:43 PM

here ya go

CalPrelude · 07-13-2002, 07:57 PM

G-Loc, do you have pics for removing the stock radio????????

G_Loc · 07-13-2002, 11:36 PM

here you go:

much easier to take pics of the pages w/ my digital camera than to scan them.