I just finished the final part of the Holden conversion (for me anyway) on my 2015 SS.
Lucky for us Chris White (GTPprix) can do the reprogramming for this so we don't have to see any Bowties once we've switched all the body/wheel parts over.
Although it looks intimidating to tear into the interior of a new car, once you get a feel for how everything comes apart, it's really easy to do!
Other than a few screws, most everything just snaps together like the old Snaptite models you built as kids.
You start on the left side with the A/C duct and trim piece. Basically you just get the tips of your fingers under the edge of the piece and pull evenly until it pops. Just try to spread the load evenly so as not to stress any one area too much.
Then the long trim piece on the passenger side:
The display and heater controls:
This exposes the silver radio box that needs to be reprogrammed:
Four screws and several electrical connectors on the back. I use a mini set of channel locks which made depressing the connector locks a breeze:
Now the instrument cluster. The part of the dash covering the top of the cluster just comes apart like the rest of the trim. Firm but even pressure pops it loose:
You also have to remove the little panel with the start button on it; one screw and a couple of snaps. Now the screws holding the cluster in are exposed. Remove all of those and the cluster is ready to come out.
The leather fill-in piece between the cluster and steering column needs to be removed too. It also snaps off.
Now you have out what you need to send to Chris:
Here's the parts you have removed to get to this point:
It looks much worse than it really is, even though people asked "how could you do that to a new car?" and "how will you ever get it back together?".
Package up the parts carefully and send them to Chris. Then a few days later they come back and of course, you do the reverse to put it back together.
It goes back together super easy; I don't think it took more than 30 minutes or so.
And the results:
Beautiful!! What a nice finishing touch for those of us doing the Holden swap!
There are several useful upgrades too like oil temp/oil pressure readout, 0-60 timer, track timer, etc., plus, it removes the nannies so you can enter destinations in the GPS Navigation on the fly! I think it does things I haven't even had a chance to play with yet! :biggrin::biggrin:
Lucky for us Chris White (GTPprix) can do the reprogramming for this so we don't have to see any Bowties once we've switched all the body/wheel parts over.
Although it looks intimidating to tear into the interior of a new car, once you get a feel for how everything comes apart, it's really easy to do!
Other than a few screws, most everything just snaps together like the old Snaptite models you built as kids.
You start on the left side with the A/C duct and trim piece. Basically you just get the tips of your fingers under the edge of the piece and pull evenly until it pops. Just try to spread the load evenly so as not to stress any one area too much.
Then the long trim piece on the passenger side:
The display and heater controls:
This exposes the silver radio box that needs to be reprogrammed:
Four screws and several electrical connectors on the back. I use a mini set of channel locks which made depressing the connector locks a breeze:
Now the instrument cluster. The part of the dash covering the top of the cluster just comes apart like the rest of the trim. Firm but even pressure pops it loose:
You also have to remove the little panel with the start button on it; one screw and a couple of snaps. Now the screws holding the cluster in are exposed. Remove all of those and the cluster is ready to come out.
The leather fill-in piece between the cluster and steering column needs to be removed too. It also snaps off.
Now you have out what you need to send to Chris:
Here's the parts you have removed to get to this point:
It looks much worse than it really is, even though people asked "how could you do that to a new car?" and "how will you ever get it back together?".
Package up the parts carefully and send them to Chris. Then a few days later they come back and of course, you do the reverse to put it back together.
It goes back together super easy; I don't think it took more than 30 minutes or so.
And the results:
Beautiful!! What a nice finishing touch for those of us doing the Holden swap!
There are several useful upgrades too like oil temp/oil pressure readout, 0-60 timer, track timer, etc., plus, it removes the nannies so you can enter destinations in the GPS Navigation on the fly! I think it does things I haven't even had a chance to play with yet! :biggrin::biggrin:
