My boost gauge is dangling and I want to remove my dash vent so I can run my boost gauge plumbing through the vent. I saw this picture does anyone know how to do this? The first thing I need to figure out how to remove the vent so I can use my Dremel on it and cut out a spot for the gauge. I need to remove the vent to drill a hole in the climate control plumbing for the boost tubing. I meant to post this in second gen forums but same difference.. I could buy this this thing for 30 bucks but I want to use my Dremel and would still need to know how to remove old vent. http://importimageracing.com/ati-60mm-vpod-2007-2012-mini-cooper-s.html?gclid=CjwKEAiAkajDBRCRq8Czmdj-yFgSJADikZggD_DBaZvSs8QoNptNGjC0c2LFmWUH5CO1SSsEZCeiphoC9sHw_wcB
Lots of info here.. http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/experiments-prototypes-ideas/27143-r53-dash-vent-gauge-pod.html
Thanks, that helped a ton. What I couldn't figure out is that the silver round trim thing twists off counter clockwise. http://www.p3cars.com/content/pdf/r53-car.pdf
I still can't figure out how to get the silver trim off the left vent on an r56 so I can get to the vent tabs. The p3 instructions are for the center vent I'm not sure if it's different. I tried spinning it and I can't get a grip on it. Something feels like it's about to break so I stopped. Is there a trick to get the vent off.