Hello Ken,

Hope you are well.

You do indeed have to remove the center section. There are 2 nuts located in storage compartment with the lid, there is a small piece of carpet that can be removed to access these. There are a further 2 screws located underneath the panel with the electric window switches. Once you have removed these you will need to remove the sleeve from the handbrake - I use a long thing screwdrive to wedge in and then spray WD40 using the little straw - it pops right off without a fight!

Once all these bits are off, the consol should be lifted upward and forward - dont pull too hard as the electric side mirror switch is still connected - you may need to disconnect the plug on the switch before screwing in the cup holder

Finally you can screw in the cup holder - should have 4 torx screws to allow you to do this. It sounds like a long process - but it shouldn't take more than 30 mins to do the whole job - but take it slowly and dont pull to hard or apply to much pressure when attempting to remove the parts, and make sure they are well seated and secured on reassembly.

Let me know how you get on - if I wasn't so far away I would offer to do it for you.

I would be interested in purchasing the storage bin that you are replacing. PM me a price

Regards

AR