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There’s a lot of old “wisdom” on another forum such as the idiotic, yanking out ball vents with a shoe string that was relevant two decades ago before better methods were found. I’ve seen a few Miatas with ugly knife and screwdriver marks on the console from removing the center switches. Old, textured plastic is indeed hard to remove, even harder to replace. Get a set of nylon panel tools available everywhere and be patient.
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You DO NOT have to remove the window switches in an NB1 in order to pull the center console. There is no screw underneath holding it in like the NB2s. There are two screws inside the storage at the back, two more at the front and that's it. You do have to remove the wiring from the window switches but that's easy enough to do once you get the console into the air. FYI there are brand new switches available on eBay for around $70 (just be sure to get the right color).