Leather Gear Gait

[kon123]

I had an annoying noise from my trim around the gear stick and stupidly pushed on the leather gear gait which has now broken away from the clips holding it in place underneath. Lexus are quoting £150 to replace as apparently the unit comes as one piece (leather trim comes pre-attached to the plastic surround at the bottom). Does anyone have any idea how to remove the existing centre console unit so that I can have a look to see if it can be fixed without having to replace it?

Thanks in advance!

[Chuckie888]

You don't need to take off the console, the leather is on a plastic surround which just slots into place between the top piece and some placeholders. Just pull one end until it is free and the gently prise the rest.

[kon123]

The problem is the placeholders have snapped off so I want to take the plastic trim out and see if I can find the bits that have snapped and glue them back. (My fault for being heavy handed!)