I did read it, thanks and also tried it. No go and any force. Their must be a screw somewhere hold in the piece, maybe from the side. I thought someone might have a BMW sheet or something of the sort with the exact procedure.

I'm pretty sure it has to do with the cover on the left side (where the door normally closes into,) but it seems so intricate to remove the inner molding, pry the cover, and then what?

On the 1 series, there is a screw at the bottom of the dashboard (knee area, ) piece comes out, vent gets pulled up, remove 4 screws, pull out and replace. But the 1 series lower dash is two pieces, as opposed to ours which is one long piece.

oh well...back to the drawing board...

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