Thanks for the Great Write up.
Tell me about it. Literally took me an hour to finally find a way to get to it. Once I found the way it was simple.Those are phenomenal pictures of the SGW @genyosai ! Good to know there are multiple ways to get at that little bugger.
I went with the extensions as I plan on doing the euro compulsion tune (already did V2 intake and centerline stradale exhaust) and doing my maintenance work at a local garage. I live a long way from the closest alfa dealership.
By the way love the lusso interior. Yours looks incredible 👍
After considering your write up again, I'm ordering two sets of extension cables from @Alfissimo_International today so I can go BACK into the car and extend everything to the sunglasses compartment.Yeah not bad! I ended up with my whole left arm up to my elbow cut up way worse than that. I'm just thankful it's a 1 and done job.
Once you get that single T25 out I took a thin flathead screwdriver and shimmied it between the trim piece and the compartment. Located on either side of the sunglass compartment about halfway down are two metal retaining clips. It took more force than I was initially comfortable with to pop them out as I really thought I was going to break the plastic.After considering your write up again, I'm ordering two sets of extension cables from @Alfissimo_International today so I can go BACK into the car and extend everything to the sunglasses compartment.
Tell me... once you remove the single screw in the top of the sunglasses compartment, does the unit just "snap" out? Or are there other hidden screws somewhere underneath the lower shroud?
I did try removing it this weekend when trying to figure a way to get to the SGW but had so much difficulty pulling it out after removing the screw that I assumed there was something else holding, so stopped trying as to not mess up and break something.
Once you get that single T25 out I took a thin flathead screwdriver and shimmied it between the trim piece and the compartment. Located on either side of the sunglass compartment about halfway down are two metal retaining clips. It took more force than I was initially comfortable with to pop them out as I really thought I was going to break the plastic.
The way it is built it doesn't look like they will come loose and should be able to be removed multiple times without any risk of breaking.
Yep. I planned to wrap with tape or a small microfiber.I would use a plastic trim removal tool, instead of metal screwdriver. Screwdriver could leave permanent marks. Or wrap with tape that screwdriver.
Not fun at all. I, too, got extremely frustrated. Had to take a break. When I got back to it, I did it in a snap without issue.This has got to be the worst project i've ever done on a car. I spent about 3 hours on it tonight with most of it on trying to remove the wires connected to the SGW. There's hardly any room to get a grip especially with large hands. And you can't use two hands because the space is so tiny.
Gonna try again tomorrow but this is really pissing me off lol.
Dang! I didn't come out that bad!!The metal down there is no joke. I finally got everything connected, just waiting on the correct obd2 reader so i can use MES. Here's my casualty of war.
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