Open glove box and remove the 4 screws that hold the top of the glove box.

Gently pull directly down on the glove box and let gently hang. There is no need to disconnect any wires. The tightest wire will be the trunk release cancel switch. The glove box need to hang down in order to remove the passenger side panel

Disengage the passenger side panel by again initially pulling at the bottom of the side panel towards the right of the vehicle. There is no need to disconnect the 12V power plug. This is removed to again allow clearance for the removal of the HVAC unit and clearance of the right AC vent

This step will help you remove the automatic shiftknob. Removing the Manual 6MT Shift knob is simple compared to this.

Now you need to reconnect your battery’s ground cable to allow you to put the shifter in neutral so that you can remove this center console.

Remove the AT shifter by the following steps.

Remove center console with the following steps. You don’t need to (and you can’t anyway) remove the circular trim piece that surrounds the gear shifter. Lay the center console piece on the passenger seat.

Remove Infiniti clock trim piece. First work your fingers under the top of the trim piece and start pulling directly to the rear of the vehicle. The first time you remove this piece, you have to pull with GREAT FORCE! Once you disengage the top clips, the 2 bottom clips will be easier to disengage.

A possibly easier way to remove this piece is to grab the trim piece as I do in the picture. You can pinch and pull the top part of the trim piece towards the rear of the car enough to get your fingers into the top crease to assist in the disengaging of the top clips.

Once you finish cussing and frustratingly remove the clock trim piece, disconnect the plug of the LED security light. Place the clock trim piece in a safe place (i.e. the back seat). You truly don't have to disconnect the power wires and remove the clock or the clock trim piece. You can just lay them up there on the top of the dash. You have to remove these pieces in order to get the aluminum bracket anchor screw in the next few steps.

Remove the 2 screws that hold the Infiniti clock. Disconnect the clock plug.

Remove the screw that anchors the aluminum bracket.

Locate and remove the 2 bottom screws that anchor the HVAC unit and aluminum brackets. These screws are located above the location of the now-removed center console/ashtray/hazard light switch.

Remove the trim plastic piece located above the navi cubby and AC vents by carefully inserting a precision flathead screwdriver and wedging it out. Be careful to not scratch piece and not to snap it in two by pulling too aggressively. This trim piece, once initially detached, can be removed easily

Again, put the gear shifter in neutral as the HVAC unit will not clear the shifter if it is left in PARK. Grab the HVAC unit at the bottom and gently and gradually pull deck down and out. The hardest removal locations are the AC vents and the top aluminum bracket (where you removed the screw). The entire HVAC unit is pretty heavy so again be careful not to scratch any titanium paint. You’ll have to place the removed HVAC unit over the gear shifter and resting it on the black bottom part of the center console (NOT the removed aluminum center console that now is resting on your passenger seat).

Disconnect the 4 plugs on the back of the HVAC unit. Get any screwdriver and push in retaining clip on the bottom of each plug to remove the plug from the HVAC unit.

Disconnect the AC controller plug. This is a little complicated if you don’t know how to remove it correctly. To do this, you need to first remove the 2 retaining clips located on the top and bottom of the car’s side of the AC controller. These retaining clips are held by 2 very small clips on each side of the AC controller plug. Again use a precision flathead screwdriver to dislodge these very small clips to remove the 2 top/bottom retaining clips. Keep these retaining clips in a safe place as you will need them when you connect your new v35 AC controller. Once you remove the 2 retaining clips, there is only one more clip that holds the plug together. (If this doesn’t make sense, please take time to study the AC controller plug and how is disconnects.) I apologized for not taking a picture of this as it is a very important connection but I was frustrated after finally figuring it out.

Your dash should now look like this! You’re done with your car for awhile.