pulled the instrument pod out this afternoon as the bulb behind the clock had blown, while I had it in bits I decided to upgrade with blue neons too (gave it a good clean inside as well) anyway with my head upsidedown in the footwell and a flexy spring shafted driver I managed to remove the screws on both the short pieces I even used the screws to fix the silver ones back on!
Just the long strip to do now,so time permitting tomorrow airbag out and job done.