65GGvert

I have read about a lot of people complaining about the top right corner of the bezel loose and sticking out. I also read about lifting the back of that portion of the console bezel to pop it back in. I just replaced my HVAC control today and while doing that tried several things to make the top of the bezel stay tight, to no avail. After I put it back together, I hooked my fingers in the gap to the right of the bezel between the ashtray and the park brake handle (there's a small molded groove in the bezel at this point shown in the second picture). If you put your fingers under in the gap and lift slightly, you'll see that top right corner of the radio bezel snap back in tight. So I took a furniture slide pad (pictured) and cut about a 2" section off across the top, folded it in half and stuck it under at that point, pushing it toward the center giear shift area. It lifted the bottom just enough to push the top in tight and is not visable. You could use anything, but these pads are firm enough yet flexible enough to fit in and support the bezel. I hope that isn't confusing, but here's a picture of where you lift and put in the support and the pad I used to cut a piece of (Lowe's) You don't have to loosen anything, remove anything or modify anything, just push it under to lift that bottom portion. Let me know if you need other information, but the whole deal took longer to open the pack on the slider than to complete the project.



The area of the problem.



The area to push in the support, push to the top of the console. Passenger side, few inches to rear of cupholder.



The pad that worked for me.

71corv

Thanks for posting the info. Will give it a go.

Gene

bjones7131

So after u lift and snap bezel in place u need the shim to keep it n place?

Vetteman Jack

Thanks for the tip.

65GGvert

If you don't put something under there it drops back down when you turn loose and the top moves back out. Give it a try, if it doesn't help, you've only lost a few seconds.

SuaveSquirrel

I'm gonna definitely have to try this. Will let you know if it works. Thanks

crazystevex

Gonna have to try this, thanks for the heads up.

540i 6spd

Good tip. Thanks!

dadvan99

Thanks for the tip.

craig04c5

I just tried putting a piece of carpet under that spot by the hand brake but mine was already raised up from previous adjustments and the corner of the bezel blocked the rear defrost button slightly and my DD Modified bezel with NAV was hitting the NAV screen when it flips open so I had to remove the carpet. It did raise that corner and may work on a non modified bezel. I then just used a piece of black foam to fill that void in the corner.

65GGvert

I can't speak for modified bezels, mine is nowhere near the rear defrost button.

WildTurkey

Cool - can you post a before and after pic?

65GGvert

If I take it back out later I will. I pushed it up under to where I'd have to dig it out. Just pull up on the side of the console in front of the parking brake where I have the arrow in the second picture. If yours doesn't slide in tight at the top, you're done. If it does, slide something in there to hold it up.

El original

I pushed up the console as you stated and wedged a folded up $100- bill...it worked great! Only cost a hundred bucks too

c6miller

I wrapped a piece of 3M double sided heavy duty tape around the clip and another narrow piece along the vertical side and pushed the bezel in. This held the plastic flush with the dash

65GGvert

You should have used 4 20's. Would have been thicker and saved you 20 bucks.