remove that @#$@ing cigarete lighter, how ? Options

[phonex98]

So im painting a few of my parts and i cant seem to remove the cigarette lighter ? am i missing some vital information ?

[hurley97]

OK. I took some overly detailed pictures for you here goes...

Taking the Cigarette Lighter OUT

Pull the shifter surround out and unclip the shift boot. then you see this


unplug the cigarette lighter


unplug the light by twisting it then pulling it out



then you are left with this


the black piece comes off fairly easily


the two pieces to it will probably come apart, don't worry about it


then you should have this


just push the lighter assembly out from the back


and you now have this


now just pop out the other plastic piece pushing out from the back again


and its out. congrats



now the fun part

Putting the Cigarette Lighter Back IN

take the piece in the last pic above and match the tab to the indentation in the shifter surround and push it in


on the cigarette lighter itself there are two tabs, a smaller one and a bigger one. they match up to the grooves in the plastic piece you just put in



line them up and snap it right in


again you are left with this. everything should line up perfectly on this side now (more little tabs and grooves)


put the two black pieces back together and slide them on. they might not snap in and stay in place, thats fine, when you put the LED back in it will hold it


then just plug everything back in the way you took it off



and Congratulations you are now back where you started