Lower 'A' Post Trim Panel; Centre Console; Fascia Dash Panel - Lotus Evora Service Notes

Lotus Service Notes
VE.5 - LOWER 'A' POST TRIM PANEL
1. Remove the door sill trim panel (see VE.3).
2. Release the three screws securing the bottom edge to the chassis side rail, and the single screw at the
outboard top corner to the scuttle beam.
3. Pull the panel from the 'grip-lok' strips on the footwell side wall.
VE.6 - CENTRE CONSOLE
The centre console, which is constructed from separate right and left hand sides, and a top panel, extends
from the base of the fascia to the rear seats/stowage compartment, and surrounds the gear and parking brake
levers. To remove the console:
1. Remove the parking brake lever sleeve after loosening the retaining grub screw.
2. Prise the Lotus badge from the gear lever knob, release the screw and withdraw the knob.
3. Release the armrest from its hinge by removing the two fixings beneath its rear end.
4. Remove the HVAC panel from the console by careful prising to release the 5 Tower-clip fasteners. Un-
plug the harness connectors, and lift the panel until the gaiter top clip can be released, and the panel fully
withdrawn.
5. Release the two screws at the back of the gear lever aperture securing the park brake lever surround,
unhook the rear end and withdraw the panel and gaiter over the lever.
6. Remove 3 screws within the front aperture securing the console top panel, and pull the rear part of the
panel upwards to withdraw the two Tower clips.
7. Remove the 4 screws securing the top surfaces of the console sides together. Remove the 3 screws
securing each of the side's lower rear flanges to the floor channel. Pull away the front end of each side
panel to release the two spring steel clips.
VE.7 - FASCIA DASH PANEL
The fascia dash panel reaches across the full width of the fascia and includes the instrument cowl/surround.
The panel also mounts the instrument pack, switch panels and mood lighting strip. To remove the panel:
1. Remove the closing panel from each end of the fascia by prising out the two fir tree fasteners, and pulling
the panel from its Griplock strips. At each end, release the two screws securing the dash panel to the
fascia.
2. Remove the instrument cowl top access panel by lifting the forward end free from its Griplock strips, and
unhook the rearward end. Unplug the harness connectors from the instrument panel.
3. From within the coin pocket outboard of the steering column, remove the blanking sticker and release the
switch panel fixing screw. Carefully prise the outboard switch panel out with its two Tower clips. Unplug
the switch harness connector.
4. Carefully prise out the inboard switch panel with its four Tower clips and unplug the switch harness con-
nectors.
5. Release the four screws round the underside of the instrument panel (not the screws securing the instru-
ment panel itself), fixing the dash panel to the fascia.
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