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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 07:44 PM
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Dash problems...

Well today i recieved my guage faces in the mail. So i start to think that I reallly want to get that done before things start to pile up. So start taking my dash apart to get to the cluster.As it turns out ALL of the plastic is crumbling as i take the screws out.3 hours later when going to put the finished product in, the plastic surrounding the gauges is to the point where it wont go in with out just falling out.So where can i get the parts i need. i could only find the gauge trim bezzle(thats broken too now). does anyone have a parts car i could buy it from? ANYTHING my 7 is my daily driver and i have to get to school monday. btw its a 1990 GTUs.
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 09:02 PM
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Zip ties, man, zip ties.
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by DragonRx7
Zip ties, man, zip ties.
I tried that but there is not good place to put them. so its steady enough for me to use my turn signals.


NO ONE IS REPLYING! JESUS CRIST IM SCREWED!!!
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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Alright i found this on ebay.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-91...spagenameZWDVW

how long will this take to install?
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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A while. Dash swaps suck *** in just about any car.
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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Actually its not too bad. There is a great write up in the achive section that makes it pretty easy. Figure a couple of hours for the first time.

HOWEVER are you sure that all the holes in that are OK? The holes tend to get messed up every time some one pulls the part.
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 12:33 AM
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so wait..you fucked up the mounting points inside the dash? (the area where the gauge cluster screws into), or the surround bezel?
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 12:42 AM
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so wait..you fucked up the mounting points inside the dash? (the area where the gauge cluster screws into), or the surround bezel?
i didnt mess anything up. it crumbled apart. its hard to explan but it just disintigrated. ALL of the Yellow plastic where the guage cluster screws in and where the bezzle attaches.
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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idk how long it takes in the fc but i only spent like 20 mins in my s13
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by stage3_rx7
i didnt mess anything up. it crumbled apart. its hard to explan but it just disintigrated. ALL of the Yellow plastic where the guage cluster screws in and where the bezzle attaches.
Ohhhh, okay. So it's all the mounting plastic inside the actual dash. Gotchya.
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