Seats out. Good good! They're heavy things and a bit tricky to manoeuvre, but draping the front door mat (for the house!) over the sills meant I could rest them there without scratching any paint.
With those out of the way, the center console was next. That was a lot trickier to remove as there are a surprising amount of modules and wiring looms running inside, connected to the various amenities - shift indicators, aux in, rear temperature control, phone dock and so on. With those all disconnected it was then a pig to wrestle over the handbrake (emergency brake). Being a purely mechanical item I didn't want to touch the bolts for this, in case the car would then decide to roll off! Some grunting, a grazed knuckle, and countless useless YouTube videos later, it was out.
The front carpet quickly followed it, albeit I took that out in two halves. The front carpet is actually fitted
before the dash goes in, and there's no way I'm brave enough to tackle a dash swap!
Anyway, here's the console and front carpet coming out:
