Hi y'all. I decided one day that I wanted a different look for the interior of my cruze. So I kept going to the junk yards and the dealer until I got all my extra parts, painted them/got them wrapped, and then started the install. So far I have the dash done, and here's how I did it. Please bare in mind that I took pics when I did reassembly so it will look like I'm taking the green pieces out, but it's actually the opposite. Also, this is being done on a manual, autos will be a little different, and note that the steering wheel was turned upside down and the battery was disconnected prior to this about 45 mins. When doing this I used plastic interior tools to protect the parts and finish.
The first thing I did was put my plastic pry under the chrome trim around the shift boot. The best place to do that is on the side facing the heater controls. It will come up very easy and look like this
You will then be able to pull the surrounding trim up to pop the bottom loose, then away from the dash to disconnect it completely, this is the bottom of that piece.
You can then disconnect that switch to move the piece out of the way. From there I moved to the airbag cover.
There are two bolts that have to be removed, they are
and
Once that's done you pop this piece out
I did that to give me the ability to have a starting point when popping the cover off. This is what it looked like afterwards
I then moved to the trim around the radio. I started lightly popping it out on the passenger side top, to the middle, then the driver's side top.
To get the vinyl/cloth piece next to the middle vents now will be too easy. Stick your fingers behind it and pop I right out.
Next I moved to the driver's vent/trim. First, like the other side, I popped the flap.
I then stuck my fingers behind the trim and popped the four clips out slowly and surely.
I then moved to the steering wheel, which was placed in the upside down position before disconnecting the battery.
Being that this was done on the car, I could not get a good picture of this, but, in order to remove the airbag, on the back of the wheel are two holes with slots. I used 2 allen wrenches to put in the holes, push through the foam and pull the allen wrenches outward along the slots provided which will release the clip and pop the airbag out. Once it drops out, you will see this (on a 2013 anyway) only the orange clip will be pushed in all the way.
to disconnect the airbag you will need to pull the orange clip up, then disconnect the wire. On 2012's and 2011's, I believe that there are two clips, but the exact same idea. Your wheel should then look like this.
From here you disconnect both switches on the wheel. You would then start at the actual bottom of the steering wheel trim and gently pop it out, then carefully to each switch. Once done with that your wheel will look like this
Now your wheel and dash should be de-trimmed and reassembly is the exact opposite. This is how mine turned out when done
The first thing I did was put my plastic pry under the chrome trim around the shift boot. The best place to do that is on the side facing the heater controls. It will come up very easy and look like this
You will then be able to pull the surrounding trim up to pop the bottom loose, then away from the dash to disconnect it completely, this is the bottom of that piece.
You can then disconnect that switch to move the piece out of the way. From there I moved to the airbag cover.
There are two bolts that have to be removed, they are
and
Once that's done you pop this piece out
I did that to give me the ability to have a starting point when popping the cover off. This is what it looked like afterwards
I then moved to the trim around the radio. I started lightly popping it out on the passenger side top, to the middle, then the driver's side top.
To get the vinyl/cloth piece next to the middle vents now will be too easy. Stick your fingers behind it and pop I right out.
Next I moved to the driver's vent/trim. First, like the other side, I popped the flap.
I then stuck my fingers behind the trim and popped the four clips out slowly and surely.
I then moved to the steering wheel, which was placed in the upside down position before disconnecting the battery.
Being that this was done on the car, I could not get a good picture of this, but, in order to remove the airbag, on the back of the wheel are two holes with slots. I used 2 allen wrenches to put in the holes, push through the foam and pull the allen wrenches outward along the slots provided which will release the clip and pop the airbag out. Once it drops out, you will see this (on a 2013 anyway) only the orange clip will be pushed in all the way.
to disconnect the airbag you will need to pull the orange clip up, then disconnect the wire. On 2012's and 2011's, I believe that there are two clips, but the exact same idea. Your wheel should then look like this.
From here you disconnect both switches on the wheel. You would then start at the actual bottom of the steering wheel trim and gently pop it out, then carefully to each switch. Once done with that your wheel will look like this
Now your wheel and dash should be de-trimmed and reassembly is the exact opposite. This is how mine turned out when done