3rd Gen Complete Dash Removal

Hi all,

Has anyone successfully removed the entire dashboard from their taco? If so, can you share how difficult it was, how you figured it out, and why?

 

World of pain. Just buy a new truck!

 

Right. But how do you do it!?

 

You remove everything you can touch, you start with apillar covers, then center console, then radio/hvac, glove box cluster, loosen or remove steering column, remove airbags and kick panels, remove tweeters then remove dash.

 

sounds easy and fun! lol

 

theres this one guy I have added on snapchat and he gutted the entire interior of his tacoma a few weeks ago. Its possible... I think

lots of pulling because everything is either clipped in or is held in with 10mm bolts, pins, screws or t30 torx screws

 

Probably gotta drop the column too. Lotta work to pull a damn dash. Tonnes of broken clips n shit too, if you're not careful

 

The passenger side air bags and trim around them are a complete PITA everything else is surprisingly easy to remove

 

or they get misplaced lol. I have misplaced so many bolts and clips on my taco. im surprised it still drives

 

Just goes to show you, engineers don't know it all

 

If I can strip a truck down to the bare frame you can remove the dash, you just gotta believe

 

Not hard, just a pain in the ass and time consuming

 

What’s the need to remove the whole thing? Just curious

 

My curiosity is piqued as well. Thinking about drug smuggling, eh?

And it is not hard as in it's pretty straight forward, but it is a damn hassle mainly due to the limited workspace. I've been in and out of a few Tacomas and other Toyotas in the dash area running wires, removing ECU's, removing clusters. Never completely disassembled fully but pretty close a few times.

 

Lol......

ehhhh probably not hard just a PITA?
Do it and lemme know how it goes.

 

Subbed

 

Easier to just buy a new 10mm socket...

 

There is a video of dashboard removal. Removed to change heater core. Google it. Doesn't look like fun.

 

the squeaks and rattles drive me nuts now, i could only imagine after detaching and reinstalling an entire dash. yeh, i think i'd sell and get a new one.