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K, i searched and did not find...

I have alot of wiring to do in the next few weeks, and want to remove my center console to run most of the wires under that.....

i know there are 2 screws under cupholders
one in the back and you have to remove the armrest...

question is, how do you get the shift and ebrake boot off..

thanks in advance

You don't take the shift and hand brake out...it just slip over them. You take out the screws and you jiggle the console out.

Pull the handbrake back as far as you can, remove the shift knob and it should just jiggle off.

^^ agreed

pull the ebrake to the EXTREME or it wont fit over. unscrew the shift knob and take the spring out, if the shift boot still wont come off try twisting the reverse lockout a bit, sometimes it gets caught in the reverse lockout mode.

I thought there were 3 bolts? but yeah under the cupholders are 2 screws then pull up, but watch out for the other plastic interior pieces, it is pressed up against one of them.

Console: Service and Repair
Vehicles With Manual Transaxle

REMOVAL

All vehicles

1. Detach the front of the center console from the floor panel bracket. Remove the cup holder insert.



Vehicles with traction control

2. Detach the gearshift lever boot from the center console.



3. Detach the gearshift lever trim panel from the center console. Detach the clips.



4. Remove the gearshift lever trim panel. Disconnect the electrical connectors.



Vehicles without center console armrest

5. Remove the rear cup holder insert.



6. Detach the rear of the center console from the floor panel bracket.



Vehicles with center console armrest

7. Detach the rear of the center console from the floor panel bracket.



8. Remove the armrest trim panel.



9. Remove the armrest. Remove the screws.



All vehicles

10. Detach the gearshift lever boot from the center console.



11. Detach the boot from the parking brake control.
12. Fully raise the parking brake control lever.



13. Remove the center console.



INSTALLATION

1. To install, reverse the remove procedure.

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That's cool!

Awwwwesome, thank you thank you thank you

Let us know how the install goes... :)