Fastmax32168

I had a guy today tell me that he bought some polarized window tint and installed it over his sunburnt digital dash and it looks like new again. I have seen posts before where people were able to see the sunburnt dash by looking at it with polarized sunglasses, but not anything before about installng polarized tint over the dash.
Does anybody have any verification that this actually works?
Thanks
Roy

5pinball

ttt

biteme86

I dont think there is a cheap fix even if you do the labor yourself which I highly doubt you can. Best to send it off and have all new guts put in it. I think its like 300 but it might be up to 400 or 500. Dont qoute me on that though.

BADDUCK

Stop by a tinting shop and get a scrap piece.

viii

not that it's that cheap, but I bumped into a post on ebay yesterday for a repair service out of bristol pa. thought it was 150 to restore sun faded cluster. I sent my cluster for repair to a corvette parts dealer somewhere in bristol pa many years ago - still working fine. check it out, there are before and after picts on ebay and looks good to me.

JOHN89

I just replaced my LCD crystals for my speedometer and gas gauge. They were "sun bleached" just as you describe. The tint will not work.
What has happened is internal damage to the LCD crystal. The way it works is it allows the light to shine though by moving the liquid electronically to allow the back light to shine through. The sun bleach effect is basically because there is no more liquid in that spot.
The only fix is to replace the crystals. Just be very careful when installing the new ones that they are "in place" and the spring clip is not under it. It will crack your new LCD panel.
Jim Adams sells the crystals on ebay for $90.00 each. I just bough 2 from him. He is a stand up guy.
He can be reached at witchcityeng@yahoo.com.

Good luck!
John

Fastmax32168

Thats his price to look at it. By the time you are done with this particular repair shop you will end up with a 500 plus bill to repair a dash with 3 burnt displays.

Fastmax32168

Guys, I am real familiar with the normal ways to deal with this problem. I just replaced my dash with a used one in order to take care of it.
John, your response is certainly the way it has always been done. But if you do a search using the word polarized, you will find numerous posts where guys were able to see the display on their sunburnt digital dash by looking at it with a pair of polarized sunglasses.
I could see this guys dash just fine when he fired up his car. He claims you couldnt see it at all before the tint.
I had never heard of polarized window tint before, and I am just curious if anyone else here has ever heard or tried this fix.

87FIREREDRAGTOP

I just replaced one of my LCD's for $89 from a guy on ebay. Here's a couple of links for the parts. You do have to be kind of tech savy though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/84-89...spagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/84-89...spagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/84-89...spagenameZWDVW

89er

I wonder if this material would be good to use to protect a working display from damage.

jimg's'93

Those are for '84-'89. I believe Fast has a '94...redesigned dash.

mike_webb_tx

The sunburnt or washed-out problem won't be solved with window tint. The console uses coated ("chromatic") glass for the LCDs and it's this coating/LCD that's worn out. The only solution is replacement. Best location is witchcityeng at the ebay site as he offers all C4 LCDs.

A telltale sign is whether or not you can see displays from the dash when the car is not running. You should only see "pure black."

There's a Forum member who has an excellent write-up on his website for details on the Dash Repair here -> http://www.batee.com/corvette/dcrg/repair.htm

This picture (without the damage) shows the coating when viewed from the front -> http://www.batee.com/corvette/dcrg/clusterpics/lcd1.jpg

This picture (without the damage) shows the coatings from the rear. I'm guessing that over time UV rays "burn through" the dash and affect these coatings -> http://www.batee.com/corvette/dcrg/clusterpics/lcd4.jpg

HTH, Mike

LAAllison

My 89 dash is sunburnt and is plainly visible with polarized glasses on. Been to several tint shops but found no polarized tint. Did a web search and had people emailing me trying to get me to invest in developing a polarized tint. Guess the only answer is spend the money.

necauto

I sell new LCD's on ebay witchcityeng...I've experimented will polarizers and the effect does not meet my standards. Most LCD's have uneven fading patterns so if you use the polarizer you'll have dark spots. To get that "as new appearance" on your dash, new LCD's are best.

necauto

I sell new LCD's on ebay witchcityeng...I've experimented will polarizers and the effect does not meet my standards. Most LCD's have uneven fading patterns so if you use the polarizer you'll have dark spots. To get that "as new appearance" on your dash, new LCD's are best.

tx-fisherdude

http://www.polarization.com/shop/catalog/