How to remove knee panels

[7oaks]

I've undone the self tapping screws from the interior panel and the knee panel wont budge.

Any advice, not sure how delicate or not I need to be to shift it?

[K7 VCT]

Mine were very tight but just need to wiggle it, maybe stuck to the panels a bit , I slid a very small paint scraper between panels.to free it, carefully not to scratch black finish.

[paul richards]

Should be fairly easy to remove. Could be that the holes in the panel have "turned" and are catching. Try inserting a screwdriver blade to gently prise the panels apart. 

[7oaks]

Thanks both, the knee panel and the interior panel were stuck together by the burring from the self tapping screws (I think).

On one side I used a claw hammer! to lever apart and on the other side I pulled out the rubber trim between the two which unstuck the two panels, second method I would say is better.

Once unstuck the panels wiggled out quite easily.

[Ballast-ic]

Getting them back in is the really fun bit!

[Doc007]

I cut the end off the driver's side knee trim panel. The bit that butts up to the bulkhead. It makes the process of removing/installing so much easier as there is room to move it back/forwards.