Glove box re build

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Post Thu May 23, 2013 7:35 pm

Ok we need a thread for this, 3 of us currently have issues with this-puitting the glove box area back together/re building it all

i can take pictures tomorrow step by step and we need to make a decent wiki article up, so please anyone with info and advice please post , its basicly how all the wiringlooms should go and how it all tucks in and wherer the plastics/brackets etc go exactly

we need to come up with a good step by step article to put in the wiki

heres mine at the moment, and a shot from kedge, pure guess work so far,i shall carry on tomorow, hopefully want to get it finished

so is it correct so far ? does all the wiring push up/back then you set about the trim, or does some of that go in 1st ??

ive got the 2 orange relays on a bracket, attached to back of the glove box hinge bit pointing down, is that correct ?

also i have an L shaped bracket with 2 speed clips, that goes on one of the glove box mounting points , i cant remember what side or what way up
Kedge wrote:Checked my car and since it was a lowly 4 pot turd it hasn't got those relays but they let look like they slot into the black mount the white plugs use.

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thanks for the pic kedge, looks a bit less busy than mine, where are the main looms running ?

heres mine- im literally just guessing as i go at the moment, im not sure if this is right, but ive used a few cable ties and stuff, i figured out the relays slide on to the side of the black housing on the wite socket, there was a little bracket with 2 orange relays on, ive mounted that on the back of the glove box hinge ? and put that in , it seems to look right , i got all the glove plastics and box out and the heavens opened up so i packed up came home for a shower

but heres how its looking at the moment ?? its just working out where the plastics and brackets go, i think maybe something should be in before ive got this like this ???

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we need to come up with a decent wiki article for all this for future refference, il take aload of pics as i re build it all