remove my dash

[McFall1984]

got a digi dash coming an want to remove my dash but thre 2 screws at the top by the window,
how or wat do i use to get them out?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

think there torx bits aint they ? t-20 or 25 ish, cant remember, if youve got a little adapter that takes those bits (phillips, flat, torx, etc) bust that in there with a small (quarter inch) ratchet or u can turn the bit with a 6mm spanner or pair of pliers or mole grips, think i got mine out with a flat blade screw driver tho, it needs to be short obviously to get in under the windscreen angle and as tighter fit inbetween the opposing slots of the torx screw as u can get, but i could be chatting a load of sh1t - hah.

[McFall1984]

im on ebay lookin for the right one cant see any, can ya help?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

u in a hurry to get that dash out ?.. cos ill send u one if u can wait a few days.. ive got a spare kicking about somewhere u can have

[McFall1984]

nah ur aright, i wanna buy like a set anyway, for talkin things apart
if you could help that would be great

[jimbob-mcgrew]

cant remember exactly which those bolts were.. but im quietly confident that its a torx bolt.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/25-PIECE-SCREW-DRIVER-BIT-SET_W0QQitemZ300212857209QQihZ020QQcategoryZ63917Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

the ones im talkin about they refer to as 'star' bits there 10 to 40 sizes.
if yer lucky no one will bid and youll get the set for ?4

if u want a close up of what they look like to make sure there the right ones, check this pic out in the link.

http://www.lara.com/store/images/bt-t-300.jpg

hope that lot helps out, im not on the ball today.. need food.

[McFall1984]

lol, but how do i get a small screw driver thing to fit in?
does allen keys do the same job?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

hmm, not really, if there loose and youve got a good tight fitting allen key, itll most likely get it out if your gentle and keep the allen key dead square in the hole, but if there tight youll only end up rounding the teeth on the inside of the bolt head. the screwdriver option youll need to grab a bunch of flat head drivers and try them one by one untill you find one that will slot inbetween 2 opposing teeth, but because of the angle of the windscreen, your only gonna be able to get a good fit with the short stubby screwdrivers and the normal size of them unless you have some special ones will most probably be too big/wide for the job. id reccomend waiting till youve got the torx bits so u dont cause any damage to the bolts or end up scratching the dash by accident. if u aint fussed, bust out the hammer and chisel and unwind em the brutalist way - ahah - dont do that :D

[McFall1984]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/9pc-TAMPER-PROOF-SECURITY-TORX-BIT-SET-WITH-MINI-T-BAR_W0QQitemZ300212380513QQihZ020QQcategoryZ63917Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

that do?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

yeh that'll do the job nicely. if yer real lucky that t-handle tool u get with it might have a quarter inch ratchet end on it, t-27 size is a bit random, aint seen that before. must be a special set.
bonus with those bits as theyve got a hole in the centre of the each bit, so u can use them for what i call 'evil torx' screws/bolts.

[McFall1984]

bought that an this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200212968596&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=010