That YouTube video is great...if you simply want to take off that trim piece. (What a great trick for getting it back on!)

It doesn't show how to remove them cupholders though, and I am afraid to tinker around too much...on the bottom of the left cup holder there is a square fitting that says "release" and an arrow showing which way to turn. That square fitting is bigger than a 3/8" and smaller than a 1/2" drive...and I didn't know what it "released"...

Those coins do roll, and I have taken the lower center console around shifter and iDrive out...and removed shifter mech. If I roll up that lower roll-top desk thingy, I can see where you can access the inner sanctum in certain areas, but I can't visualize any coins, and my magnet/light tool is too wide to access these areas effectively. I am getting really good at taking this trim off, because I always get a dash of inspiration and think I can DO IT THIS TIME...

Any more dissection info would be much appreciated. I can't afford to break something expensive/inaccessable for a few rolling coins bugging the $***out of me!

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