Lotus99
06-06-2009, 07:17 PM
As you know, these cars for some reason didn't come with the ticket holder, which Europeans still get.
Following another user's directions, I bought it for a couple of bucks (Part # 8616658), but then slightly modified his approach. The way he did it:
"1. remove the square cover that shows airbag, near the upper-left corner of A-pillar, by lifting its bottom edge
2. once the square cover (cap) is remove, loose the torx screw by about 1", no need to completely remove it
3. find or build a 3/4" wide thin metal or plastic bar with right angle bent at one end (as a hook) as a pulling tool
4. insert the pulling tool between the A-pillar plastic cover, starting from the top where the screw was loosen, and slide down along the windshield. Along the middle of the pillar, there's clip behind the plastic cover, that you can pop it with your pulling tool (a click sound).
5. Around the place or above, there's a larger opening you can make and insert the backend of the ticket clip behind the plastic cover
6. continue slide the pulling tool with the ticket clip and stop around 4" above the bottom of windshield, and that's it.
7. click back the clip fasting the cover, tighten the torx screw, put back the square cover"
I did it a bit differently. I removed pretty much the whole A pillar cover, so I did unscrew the screw completely. I pulled away the cover a few inches from the A pillar and then pulled UP an inch or so at the bottom where it meets the dash, so I could have enough space to push the clip into its slot behind the cover.
This is because otherwise, you can't insert (at least I couldn't) the holder into its slot, which you can see from my pic. If you just slide the holder under the cover, it will probably stay put, but the way I did it would be how it came from the factory.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq266/Lotus100/Ticketclipholder.jpg
Whole thing took 15 minutes probably and that's cuz I was worried about pulling off the cover completely, but it comes off easily as there's only a few plastic plugs holding it in place besides the screw, and they easily go back in later.
Cheers!
Following another user's directions, I bought it for a couple of bucks (Part # 8616658), but then slightly modified his approach. The way he did it:
"1. remove the square cover that shows airbag, near the upper-left corner of A-pillar, by lifting its bottom edge
2. once the square cover (cap) is remove, loose the torx screw by about 1", no need to completely remove it
3. find or build a 3/4" wide thin metal or plastic bar with right angle bent at one end (as a hook) as a pulling tool
4. insert the pulling tool between the A-pillar plastic cover, starting from the top where the screw was loosen, and slide down along the windshield. Along the middle of the pillar, there's clip behind the plastic cover, that you can pop it with your pulling tool (a click sound).
5. Around the place or above, there's a larger opening you can make and insert the backend of the ticket clip behind the plastic cover
6. continue slide the pulling tool with the ticket clip and stop around 4" above the bottom of windshield, and that's it.
7. click back the clip fasting the cover, tighten the torx screw, put back the square cover"
I did it a bit differently. I removed pretty much the whole A pillar cover, so I did unscrew the screw completely. I pulled away the cover a few inches from the A pillar and then pulled UP an inch or so at the bottom where it meets the dash, so I could have enough space to push the clip into its slot behind the cover.
This is because otherwise, you can't insert (at least I couldn't) the holder into its slot, which you can see from my pic. If you just slide the holder under the cover, it will probably stay put, but the way I did it would be how it came from the factory.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq266/Lotus100/Ticketclipholder.jpg
Whole thing took 15 minutes probably and that's cuz I was worried about pulling off the cover completely, but it comes off easily as there's only a few plastic plugs holding it in place besides the screw, and they easily go back in later.
Cheers!