OMG Ashtray Madness

[A4EvER1.8NasT]

dos any one know how to remove and reinstall the front ashtray???? its driving me nuts

[audipotential]

dos any one know how to remove and reinstall the front ashtray???? its driving me nuts

What do you mean....

The door sticking or just to remove the tray?

[gdawg'05a4]

To remove the entire thing, the shifter surround has to come up. There are two screws under there that hold the entire assembly down, 8mm hex IIRC.

[scorneil]

the search function tells me you have to pull your radio and climate control

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...remove+ashtray

[A4EvER1.8NasT]

no i know i got the screws out to fix the door sticking which i did because some asshole who used to own the car kept change in there which jammed it (so never ever put change in there) but now i jus cant get the fkin thing back in its killin me

[gdawg'05a4]

IIRC, I did it without removing the radio and CC. If you have trouble putting it back in, yes easier to remove the radio and CC, which is what I had to do.

[gdawg'05a4]

no i know i got the screws out to fix the door sticking which i did because some asshole who used to own the car kept change in there which jammed it (so never ever put change in there) but now i jus cant get the fkin thing back in its killin me

To easily put it back in, take out the radio and climate control. Otherwise, you'll spend a while trying to angle it in correctly. Can be done but not without headaches if the angle is not just right.

[lookaught]

the search function tells me you have to pull your radio and climate control

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...remove+ashtray

Yeah you can loosen it w/o removing the radio and cc unit, but cannot get it all the way out. On a related note, its rather difficult to get it back into place without pulling the radio and cc, b/c the rubber that the tabs fit into become easily dislodged.

Buy the radio keys, they are cheap and will save you a massive, massive headache. Trust me.

[A4EvER1.8NasT]

how long and hard is it to remove the radio and cc

[A4EvER1.8NasT]

where do they sell the keys, dealerships?

[gdawg'05a4]

The parts counter should sell them. You can also pick them up here online:

http://www.samstagsales.com/vwaudi2.htm#radio

[47Ronin]

That's not an ashtray nooob its a sunglasses holder

[A4EvER1.8NasT]

r u fukin kiddin me wow shows whos the noooob

[A4EvER1.8NasT]

1 - Remove the Radio with the keys removal tools.
2 - Remove the wiring and antenna wiring from the radio.
3 - Remove the Climate control by removing it from the back.
4 - Remove the wiring from the climate control.
5 - Remove the Shift handle lower cover.
6 - Remove two (2) mm bolt that hold the ashtray.
7 - Remove the light harness from the lower part on the ashtray.
8 - Remove the ashtray.

The reinstall in reverse order.
Can n e 1 elaborate on this?!?

[Papachristou]

no if u take the radio/ac controls out its really easy, there are three tabs on the end of the ashtray that have to line up with three holes under the ac controls, if you take the radio/ac out you can easily see how to do it. i used to have a picture i put up showing how it went back together.

[Papachristou]

dont feel bad, almost everyone has trouble with the ashtray... here is my link, hope it helps
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...shtray+install

[skeeball]

I've been storing change in there for 5 years and never have had a problem.

[n7plus1]

take out the climate control and save yourself a migrane

[kwimberly]

dont feel bad, almost everyone has trouble with the ashtray... here is my link, hope it helps
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...shtray+install

Just read your thread. Re. the difficulty removing the radio keys - just press in the tabs on the sides of the radio - they slide right out. If you try to just yank them out, it will definitely be a PITA. (learned that the hard way)

You can feel a little spring clip where each key stops while inserted - press the spring bar in, slide the key out.