Just did it today, the instructions were great! It took me about 90 minutes, but 20 of that was wiggling to get the center panel below the radio off. Once I got the filters in, it took me only like 10 minutes to get everything back together
Couple notes on what I encountered:
-Center panel just required a lot of wiggling, and wrapping my fingers around the bottom part of it deep in the pocket. Once I got that off, it was smooth sailing until removing the glovebox.
-The directions don't mention in words that you must remove the 2 screws right next to the ring that the glove box door latches onto when closed. You can grip the ring and pull it out. I missed that and couldn't figure out how to get the glovebox out. Just don't overlook those 2 screws, very easy to in the directions from the picture of the page in the book.
-Once the glovebox was out, the screw(s) on the lower bar were indeed very tight. Someone else stronger than me barely got them started, but was able to w/o stripping the screw heads. I didn't have any hex head screws to replace it with, but i just hand tightened them back, the bar isn't going anywhere w/o being tightened by a machine. I just loosened the right screw on the lower bar and didn't have to touch the grounding wire. The bar swung down and i was able to pull out the filters easily.
-Filters were BLACK and disgusting. I vacuumed out the space w/ a crevice tool and got most of the leaves and junk(even some fur or feathers!). I got the Bosch Premium filters at AutoZone for $17, they sure looked to be the EXACT same as the stock ones.
I haven't drove the car yet but can't imagine the airflow and/or AC wouldn't work better!
Thanks again for the great instructions! The ones that came with the filter were a complete joke.
Last edited by ak3883; Jul 4, 2006 at 04:21 PM.