202 Wood/Carbon Dash Trim Fixing?

[stevesey]

Anyone know how the Carbon/Wood trim that runs across the width of the dash is fixed on?

Having replaced one of my heater control bulbs I now have have a creak Hoping this may settle down after a few miles, but while investigating I noticed that this trim is very loose on the passenger side.

 

[television]

Can you lift the end to see what was used to hold it down, the strong instant glues were used on some panels, the problem is getting it underneath.

An old hypodermic needle will work

 

[stevesey]

I can prise it foward 2-3mm and it moves a mm or two up and down, not really enough to see behind it. Fact that it only moves a few mm suggests some kind of fixing (now loose) rather than glue. Although if I can't figure out how it's fixed or it's a dash out job to re-secure, some silicone or no-nails has crossed my mind!

Anyone done a carbon<->wood swap?

 

[whitenemesis]

EPC shows a clip with the trim moulding on the dash for Elegance and Sport models

 

[stevesey]

ebay WIS DVDs arrived last week - checked on there. Fixing is nut heads into slots, prise right hand end up a bit and slide right to release (sliding nut heads out of the slots), reverse to refit (and tighten/loosen the nuts to ensure a snug fit). Had a quick check and it does slide in the right direction, but I heed to prise the RHS up a bit to get it to slide far enough (and it's cold out there at 11:00pm).

Creak seems to have vanished now - but now I know this trim is loose and how to fix it, I'll just have a look at the weekend.

 

[television]

. RHS up a bit to get it to slide far enough (and it's cold out there at 11:00pm).

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I can see that you do not love your car enough yet, pleased that you have found the answer

 

[philharve]

A question of fasteners & fastening

Hi All

I've never attempted to remove the internal 'carbon' trim around the dash/facia and hope I never need to. I know from bitter experience that an unidentifiable 'squeek' can be most irritating. The worse 'squeek' I ever suffered was between the plastic dash trim and the plastic door trim. I couldn't adust either piece of trim to put a gap between them. My solution was to glue a piece of rubber sheet onto the facia at the point of contact. No more squeek. The car wasn't a Mercedes.

I know that adhesives are used to fix certain items of external trim but I was unaware that adhesives are also used to fix pieces of internal trim. Is some kind of releasing agent or solvent used to remove the trim?

Where trim is held in place by means other than adhesives, do MB favour a particular kind of fastener and how are they accessed if the trim blocks access?

REGARDS

Phil

 

[television]

On most external trim MB have favoured the keyhole sideways on fixings with one screw at the end, so you just release the screw and slide the trim off

 

[philharve]

On most external trim MB have favoured the keyhole sideways on fixings with one screw at the end, so you just release the screw and slide the trim off

Good morning Malcolm

OK, that makes removal and reassembly quite straightforward. I recently had the 4 B-pillar trim pieces (carbon fibre effect) replaced. They were held in place by screws. I don't think they used keyholes to locate them but I could be wrong.

The use of adhesives on interior trim seems more problemmatical though.

REGARDS

Phil

 

[television]

Good morning Malcolm

OK, that makes removal and reassembly quite straightforward. I recently had the 4 B-pillar trim pieces (carbon fibre effect) replaced. They were held in place by screws. I don't think they used keyholes to locate them but I could be wrong.

The use of adhesives on interior trim seems more problemmatical though.

REGARDS

Phil

Hi Phil, no those carbon fittings cause problems for many owners and are the exception, they are screwed and held with adhesive strips

 

[type49]

Can't really think of any interior trims which are glued. They can all be released somehow but there are soooooooooooo many different types of fixing now.

 

[television]

Can't really think of any interior trims which are glued. They can all be released somehow but there are soooooooooooo many different types of fixing now.

you missed one o out