Instrument panel assembly

A method of assembling an instrument panel assembly, the instrument panel assembly having a slidable tray disposed over a base having a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, a front wall and a back wall, the bottom, side, front and back walls interconnected so as to define a storage bin, the tray slidable between a first position and a second position, in the first position the tray covers the bottom wall, in the second position the tray is displaced from the front wall so as to provide access to the storage bin, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a first top portion and a second top portion displaceable, the second top portion movable between a retracted position and an extended position, the first top portion having a mounting portion and a stop configured to prevent the second top portion from moving to the retracted position, the second top portion having a second back wall, in the retracted position the second top portion is substantially disposed over the first top portion, in the extended position, the second back wall of the second top portion is displaced from the first top portion so as to accommodate the tray when the tray is in the second position;
• placing the second top portion in the retracted position;
• attaching the mounting portion to the support portion of the base so as to fix the first top portion to the base;
• extending the second top portion to the extended position past the stop so as to provide a space to accommodate the slidable tray in the second position.