V8 Vantage (V8V): Help removing driver side rear carpeting

V8 Vantage (V8V): Help removing driver side rear carpeting

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TurtleFarmer

Original Poster:

2 posts

8 months

Tuesday 19th March
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Can someone point me at instructions for removing the carpeting on the wall behind the driver's seat (or just tell me how)?

I need to get at the parking module which is mounted just behind the driver's seat, underneath that carpeting. I've got the rear deck out (easy) and the retaining bar. Looks like I need to remove the side panel in order to remove the "premium subwoofer" shelf, to which the carpeting is attached. But I don't want to start muscling things around back there and start breaking off retaining features.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Import

214 posts

37 months

Tuesday 19th March
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I seem to remember..when doing my battery change…I removed the top aluminum rail…then the screws in each bottom corner…the carpeted panel came away…super simple..

TurtleFarmer

Original Poster:

2 posts

8 months

Tuesday 19th March
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That's the passenger side. As you said, super simple as the carpet just pulls away. But the driver's side is not the same (it's hard attached to the subwoofer tray and it has a heat/cooling vent coming out of it mid-way up).

I'd originally thought the same as you...this is gonna be really simple. But once I got in there, nope.

Jon39

13,380 posts

150 months

Tuesday 19th March
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My understanding from what has been said;
TurtleFarmer's car is left hand drive.
Import's car is right hand drive.

Presumably the battery is always on the right hand side of the car, irrespective of RHD or LHD.

There you are. Sorry, no help at all.


V8V Quadcamboy

134 posts

30 months

Sunday 24th March
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When I had mine out recently I had to unbolt the seatbelt "tower" to be able to lift them sub woofer up. The trim panel around it has a 10mm bolt under the grille which needs removing first, which just clips out