Eric, it's not really that hard to do from the back. I had mine out 3 times over the weekend for various pueposes.

I did remove the speedometer pointer, because I needed to take it apart to fix the broken odometer. I'm happy to report that the odometer is working now, but I haven't checked the speedo calibration yet. Hopefully, that will happen this week.

Once you get it out, I would recommend changing the light bulbs while you're there. After doing all my other in-dash work, I found Euro-spec bulbs at Autozone yesterday. They're in a green package at the bottom of the display. So mine will be coming out again to do the bulbs.

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Rick Miley
2014 Tesla Model S
2018 Tesla Model 3
2017 Nissan LEAF
Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro
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