a couple of days ago my wife sprayed 'armor all; (actually turtle wax 2001) on my dash and it got all over my FD gauges!! she meante well and i thought not too much about it, till i tried using the following 1.window cleaner 2. rubbing alcohol 3. and Fast orange cleaner...oh and then i went to checkers and got Mewguires plastic cleaner adn they all didnt work... *****...any suggestions???

 

Order a new gauge cover. The gauge cover is plastic (it covers ALL the gauges) and that kind of stuff tears it up. You can get them for around $65 from Malloy Mazda.

 

Is this with the part with the chrome rings around the gauges?

 

man, why was your wife cleaning your car?

 

Yep. It's all one piece.

 

I have heard paste wax works.

 

man, why was your wife cleaning your car?

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It was too early to fix dinner

 

haha i wish too early for my george forman dinner ok thanks guess I'll order the new gauge coer (plastic)
any idea how to pop off the chrome rings or really just how to get to the plastic to swap it out?

 

really easy to swap out.

Remove three screws to take off the steering column surround. Pop out the side vent (by driver's door), remove two screws to remove the kick panel. Remove three screws (two bottom- one on top) to unbolt the cluster. Pull it out (snaps in the back). Disconnect all the plugs (8 and a bulb i believe) and take the cluster to a workbench.

Remove the four screws holding the cluster to the cover, then ou can unsnap the plastic cover.

When you're this route, you can try another way to clean it, but you're going to need rubbing compound and swirl remover. The idea is to use the rubbing compound to cut away the damaged plastic and then use the swirl remover to remove the scratches... Give it a try if you're gonna buy a new one...


GL, Rob

 

It's all one piece. The plastic cover and the chrome bevels all together (or at least glued together).

Here's a pic of my old worn out one:

 

Yeah, I knew that they were one piece. I re-chromed my rings awhile back.

 

I tried re-chroming mine... No workie.. BUT: I have Autometer Gauges. I know... Autometer.... They've worked fine for me.

Anyway, the Autometers have the siver rim; not chrome. So, I removed the stock gauge Bezel and did it in the matte (sp?) silver. Looks pretty badass. I'll throw up some pics later.

 

Please do.