Thanks so much for your reply. I have the PDF as well. Following the instructions on it, I couldn't remove the center box apart. If I can remove the center box, I guess it should be pretty east to get to the navigation control unit. Its the center box, that has been pretty difficult to remove. In your PDF, it refers to IP-10 for removal instructions for center box. I have that PDF, that doesn't help much either.

Ip-10 has a layout of each component. It seems there is one screw and 4 metal clips. I don't know how to get to the metal clips and I'm afraid I might break something by pulling on it hard. Have you removed this in the past?

Any help is greatly appreciated. As you probably figured, I'm a newbie to this type of work.

Thanks,

PK

 

Bythaby,

Great DIY vids man. I'm a weekend DIY warrior and these vids will save me a ton of time. You're a saint. I nominate you for G35Driver member of 2007!

Happy Holidays,
B

 

Thanks a lot, you really made my day

 

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My buddy insisted on replacing his front brake pads only and decided to shortcut a lot of steps. Didn't measure rotors, didn't clean properly, and didn't push the pistons back safely. I'm not sure when I'll have a chance to actually do someone's brakes since I'm no brake expert at this point, but I had this opportunity so I got him doing it on video.

 

Another vote for this to be a sticky. Probably should be a sticky in the DIY section, though. Or even just in the G-Spot.

 

Excellent job. Thanks for taking the time to post. Any chance we can download for future reference rather then hoping they will be there on you tube when we need it? You rock.

 

Eventually I'm going to author a DVD and make that available, but don't worry, those youtube videos aren't going anywhere as long as google is around

 

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Let me know if I left out anything important and I'll try to edit it in.

 

It's a good thing you only have to do this every 105000 miles!

Holy crap! I love to wrench on my G as much as the next guy, but I will GLADLY pay some mechanic to do this.

 

you really should replace your plugs well before that. its a good gimmick to show lower ownerships costs but if you are concerned with the running condition of your car, then 60k seems much more appropriate.

 

Glad you threw in the part about the torquing down the torque wrench. I work at a calibration lab for the Navy and you won't believe how many idiots don't zero out their torque wrenches . Yet they complain about the 6 month cycle.

 

I think another thing I forgot to mention is that a spark plug socket should be used to install / remove the plugs. Apparently some people don't realize there's a special socket for that

 

It doubles as a socket for your lug nuts as well
Normal sockets/lug wrenches don't fit in my wheel holes

 

bythabay, thanks to your differential oil change video, I was able to do the gear oil change myself with ramps, jack stands, 1.5 qts of gear oil and a soap pump in my condo parking lot. Wow, I couldn't believe how much metal buildup there was when I removed the drain plug (not to mention the sulfur-like smell from the old oil, that's some nasty ish)! Definitely a good feeling to do this DIY job for $10 (price I paid for new gear oil) instead of taking it to the dealer and getting raped for a few hundred bucks