"remove the dash"??? Yeah, I'm not going to do that. I have put the dash center trim piece in there without removing the metal backing plate. I sanded the metal clean with a rough sand paper and cleaned it with rubbing alcohol. Then I CAREFULLY warmed it up with a heat gun on low and stuck it on while warm with two sided tape. I used two sided tape made by Gorilla Glue. It's tape not glue. So it won't expand. It is holding extremely well. But, the real test will be to see how it holds in the summer heat in about 4 months. I guess I'll do this with the remaining pieces.

If anyone has a suggestion as to how to remove the metal without disassembling my car, I'd love to hear it.

You asked for the best way to remove the metal strips, NOT the easiest/best way to replace the wood bits. I answered the question you asked.

Those wood pieces look nice. Really sharpens up the dash area.

The tabs on the glove compartment can be accessed by disassembling the door. Removing the instrument cluster, the air ducting, a small pair of pliers, a bit of contorting and a moderate amount of cursing will enable you to bend the tabs on the lower LHS strip. Removing the glove compartment, ducting etc. gives you access to the RHS strip.

Oops! I see BWhitmore beat me to the tangs answer. No way I know of to access the center panel tangs without removing the dash or doing the Dremel tool routine.

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Thanks for the input guys!! So far, I'm really happy with the Gorilla Glue TAPE. (NOT glue) I did use the 3M tape a few years ago. As I recall, it didn't hold for long.

In the summer, I'll try to remember to come back to this thread and report on how it is holding up in the heat.

I bought these pieces from an ebay seller in Turkey. His ebay name is woodandcarbonworks. He ships extremely fast to the US. I'm pretty sure he manufactures them himself. The pieces look so much better than the stock. I had to buy the full set because the new ones looked so much better than the old ones that you can't just replace some of them. Look at the picture in post #8 where the center strip, which is new, is more vibrant looking than the strip on the glove box which hadn't yet been replaced.