Hey guys ,

Need help , I dropped 1 lug nuts into one of the holes and it fell into the area ( pointed with yellow arrows)

I tried to open the compartment up by unbolting the screws pointed by the blue arrows but it wont budge.

Any advise? the FSM doesnt say much that i find helpful



I borrowed someones picture *if owner would like me to take it down pls let me know*

thanks

 

get a magnetic wand

 

+! 3-4$ at a autozone type store and very useful

 

i don't think they got an autozone in dubai. but yeah, get one of those telescoping magetic parts tools.

 

thanks guys yes they dont have autozone or advance auto parts here. I miss US so much

but the shitty thing is...... the lugs is not made out of steel..... it's a H&R spacer lug nuts and i belief its an aluminum alloy material.

so there is no way to access that compartment?

thanks a lot again for each of your ideas

 

need help guys this is driving me nuts...... i cant take it out and i cant open the compartment. tried every single trick i know from hanger wires etc and i cant even see it but i can hear it rolling around when im making left/right turns.

 

or anyone have at least some picture of a stripped out Z to show how i can take out that compartment? cause it doesnt make sense to me that they put bolts there but other part is welded?

 

nah, its cool. when i read you were in dubai i then went back to the pic to see if it was RHD.......then i recognized the pic. At least youre not like the last guy trying to sell an exhaust that used my pic and claimed it to be his....

 

Chris : Thanks a lot , appreciate it , I don't have a camera on hand to illustrate hence the only stripped out car i can find in the forum is yours. In dubai it's LHD too actually

Do you know how i can take out that compartment to locate the missing lug nut? cause just by removing those bolts in blue arrow won't cut it.

 

no clue. Figure its not going to come out with just bolts. You may have to try a fishing tool or tilting the car to get the lug nut to come back out.

 

seriously?!?!

if anyone know pls chime in , it's driving me nutz to have this problem unsolved

 

If it is really rolling, go out and take a hard right turn and then pull off the cover behind the drivers seat and look around in there (easy if you dont have a stock sub). If you are lucky it is right there.

Chris

 

Hypersprite: i do have the stock BOSE sub in that area. so i will have to take out all the interior trims to access it? cause i dont understand how by falling into the area in yellow above will lead to the sub-woofer area?

thanks a lot

 

THANKS A MILLION hypersprite (Chris) you were right. i took out my sub-woofer and there it is sitting there.

if i only try this sooner.

thank you thank you thank you . now i can go back to bed ...

thanks a lot again

 

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