2007 Ram Remove overhead console (trip computer)??

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Huff - 05 Oct 2007 23:33 GMT

I'm installing a UConnect add-on and am thinking about mounting the
mike and control pad to the overhead mini trip computer. Anyone know
how to lower it down and/or remove it? Clips somewhere or are there
screws hidden behind the lamps perhaps?

I know the 2007 is new but I'm assuming the overhead console is the
same as the 2006 and some prior years. Only difference I can tell is
that mine does not have a sunglass holder that some do.

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Ed H. - 06 Oct 2007 01:03 GMT

On my 99, there are 2 tabs that are visible with the sunglasses door open.
Push the tabs in, toward the front of the truck, then the rear of the
console drops a fraction of an inch, then slides toward the back of the
truck. After it moves a few inches, hidden tabs in the front of the console
clear their holes and the whole unit comes off. When I use front and rear,
I'm refering to the truck, not the console as your looking at it from the
seats.

> I'm installing a UConnect add-on and am thinking about mounting the
> mike and control pad to the overhead mini trip computer. Anyone know
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> same as the 2006 and some prior years. Only difference I can tell is
> that mine does not have a sunglass holder that some do.

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Tom Lawrence - 06 Oct 2007 02:38 GMT

> I'm installing a UConnect add-on and am thinking about mounting the
> mike and control pad to the overhead mini trip computer. Anyone know
> how to lower it down and/or remove it? Clips somewhere or are there
> screws hidden behind the lamps perhaps?

There should be one screw in the middle, closest to the windshield. Then
grab the sides of the console and pull straight down, disengaging the spring
clips that hold it in place. This is for an '06, so hopefully the '07s are
similar.

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miles - 06 Oct 2007 05:26 GMT

> There should be one screw in the middle, closest to the windshield. Then
> grab the sides of the console and pull straight down, disengaging the spring
> clips that hold it in place. This is for an '06, so hopefully the '07s are
> similar.

I'll take another look but I don't recall seeing any visible screws.
Someone else told me that there are screws behind the courtesy light
bezels. Have to figure out how those pop out as if you're changing the
bulbs.

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