Remove glove box lid

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Preliminary work

Refer to REMOVING THE SIDE PANEL ON THE RIGHT DASHBOARD .
Refer to REMOVE RIGHT FOOTWELL TRIM .
Refer to REMOVING GLOVE BOX LIGHT .
Refer to REMOVE GLOVE COMPARTMENT .

Release damper (1) from angle bracket (2) (slightly splay in direction of arrow).

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Slightly press the retaining lugs (1) together and carefully feed out the glove box lid (2).

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