Since two earlier posters on this thread said they removed the knee bolsters with prybars, I thought "what the heck". Today I removed the knee bolster using a molding prybar.. It took 5 minutes total, and that's because I was going at near dead stop speeds due to my fears of damaging something. The curvature of the pry blade perfectly matched the dash curve. Came off eezey peezy w/no damage. For the very first time I can sit in perfect comfort as the original designer obviously intended. The knee bolster was clearly an afterthought kludge and I'm over the MOON happy that it's gone!

Shark Corp 21-2325 Moulding Prybar