How do you remove the windscreen vent trim?

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dancroft1984
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How do you remove the windscreen vent trim?

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As per the title really. Mine are looking all shrivelled and knackered. As a temporary measure I want to make something a bit nicer to look at, but I don't want to tear the dash out.
Do they just pull out? Could I chop it away with a stanley knife?
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Dan
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Re: How do you remove the windscreen vent trim?

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What car? Assume you mean trim between dash and windscreen where the demisting vents are ?

Excel 86MY on - the leather goes under the dash, so it’s dash out.

Elite, éclat and early Excel - I think it’s a piece that can be removed without removing the dash (at least it can in the prototype Excel).

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Re: How do you remove the windscreen vent trim?

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Alan_M wrote: Mon Dec 22, 2025 17:14 What car? Assume you mean trim between dash and windscreen where the demisting vents are ?

Excel 86MY on - the leather goes under the dash, so it’s dash out.

Elite, éclat and early Excel - I think it’s a piece that can be removed without removing the dash (at least it can in the prototype Excel).
YES! I'm an early Excel, so fingers crossed.
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