Question on shifter boot / headunit removal on manual transmission

ksagis

Question on manual transmission 370Z radio R&R: I've been reading the various postings on shifter bezel / console removal for a manual transmission 370z and it's not clear to me if one needs to remove the shift knob to completely remove the shifter bezel to subsequently be able to remove the various parts and eventually get the radio out.

Can one simply pull the shifter bezel up and move it to one side and then remove items like the radio bezel, the AC bezel, and then eventually remove the radio (with the shifter bezel just pushed to the side)

It sounds like such a pain to break the thread lock that I'm wondering if it's easier to leave the shifter boot and bezel attached and try to work around it rather than going through the pain of taking off the knob.

Hope the question is reasonably clear, I'm having a hard time explaining it well.