[Wilfred]

Need some help here. I have a 2012 spyder V10 6MT. I need to access the connectors behind fire panels. Refer to the attached picture, how to remove the centre compartment (1)? I have removed the 4 screws around it but top part of the compartment is still attached. The connectors I need to access are behind the metal panel (2). Thanks in advance.

 

[434]

There's a screw inside the top box!

 

[Wilfred]

@434 , Thanks so much for responding my query. I unscrewed the middle screw inside the top compartment but the top part is still hinged to something. I can't see any more screw. Any idea what I have missed? Sorry of the picture quality, it shows the whole compartment is "floating" but hinged on the top. I tried to pull up and out but still no luck.

 

[dinkman]

interesting. curious whats back there you are trying to access?

 

[Wilfred]

interesting. curious whats back there you are trying to access?

I just installed a new infotainment head unit and need to tap the reverse camera trigger wire from one of the connectors behind the metal plate.

 

[434]

I can only assume there are more fixings under the top trim.
Hopefully someone with more knowledge than me will chime in.

 

[Marc1-V10]

I was going thru the interior of my new to me car & noticed this round tab in one of the cubby.
Hope this is the hidden screw you're looking for.
Get a flat head screwdriver to unlock it. You should see a screw inside.

 

[Wilfred]

I was going thru the interior of my new to me car & noticed this round tab in one of the cubby.
Hope this is the hidden screw you're looking for.
Get a flat head screwdriver to unlock it. You should see a screw inside.
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Thanks for your response. The whole you are referring to is actually for manually open/close the spyder top. The whole compartment seems loose after I removed the five screws around and in the compartment. I wonder if I need to remove the centre handbrake cover is order to remove the compartment?

 

[Marc1-V10]

Thanks for your response. The whole you are referring to is actually for manually open/close the spyder top. The whole compartment seems loose after I removed the five screws around and in the compartment. I wonder if I need to remove the centre handbrake cover is order to remove the compartment?

Thank You, I just learned something new incase my top malfunction. Rookies...LOL
Sorry couldn't help. Hope you get it loose somehow.

 

[knightsabers]

Don't quite recall how they did it, but here's a pic of what it looks once it's removed.

 

[Cnester71]

Can you send me the info on your infotainment your putting in?
[email protected]
Everyone I talk to looks like a deer in the headlights

 

[guillermo820]

Hello, how was it removed have the same problem now

 

[434]

Hello, how was it removed have the same problem now

As above, when it's loose it does need some wriggling and careful use of plastic trim tools.
I had to remove mine recently to access starter relays.
You will also have to use the same process when you re-install it!

 

[guillermo820]

I need to replace the assembly in the back that is the one that controls the convertible top but this looks like a huge job

 

[434]

I haven't done that replacement, but it's typical Audi, you just have to be systematic in the disassembly.
Plastic bags and a marker pen!