switch panel above cup holders

i am looking to replace the switches above the cup holders on my Tacoma but could not find anything on how much of the dash must be pulled out to access them where i could wire in the switches
any help is greatly appreciated

 

I just went through this.
If all your doing is running wire and adding a switch, you do not have to remove any of it.

Use a slim screw driver or knife blade and you can pop the switches and/or blanks out of the dash.

Next place a flashlight in the floorboard, look through the hole the switch was in and you will be able to see light.

Use a piece of stiff wire or anything else you have to fish your new wires through the hole to under the dash.

Hope that makes sense.

 

If you need to remove that lower dash panel, there's a lot of pieces that need to be removed first. Here's the basics of it.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...and-moving-oem-switches.474151/#post-14342466

 

i am also looking to replace the aux and a trac switches too , are you able to pop those out like the blank or will i need to take apart the dash and thank u for the help

 

Remove the little try that is under them like you would to access the fuse block and you can reach in there to press the tabs that hold those switches in place.
Generally if you just press one of the tabs you will be able to wiggle the switch out,

 

the switches on the panel below the ac controls not the actual dash

 

Sorry, I thought we moved over to the left side of the steering wheel.

The switches under the AC control are removed just like the cover, or you can remove the cover next to the switch and reach back there with a finger to help push the switch out.

 

A lot of people gouge up the plastic panel when they pry the blanks out with a screwdriver.

 

i found a video once a while ago of some one taking apart the dash and taking out the panel where the switches are but i haven't been able to find it again

 

Best access it to remove the center console first, then you have room to pop the covers out from behind without gouging the fronts. Also gives you access to feed the wires through, assemble the switch, and pop it back in.

 

This - how I did it when I installed my heated seats.

 

You pretty much have to strip the dash. Guage cluster, lower dash, glove box, stereo panel, AC control panel, and center console. Then you can remove the center panel with the switches and 12V outlets. All that stuff overlaps. The access to the stereo fasteners is behind the AC controls. You need to pull loose the guages to uncover the stereo. The lower dash covers the left side, the glovebox the fasteners on the right, and the center console covers the bottom fasteners.