Most difficult mod to install to date
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From: "Never play games with a bitch who can play them better" NE PA
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08
And for those of us that do not know what that is??? Care to elaborate for me---I mean--uhhhh---us 
Oh yeah---we're hooooooome
BTW---did I mention I don't have patience
Oh yeah---we're hooooooome
BTW---did I mention I don't have patience
Last edited by btchn99; May 28, 2007 at 07:51 PM.
Burning Brakes
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From: Perry Hall MD
For those that don't know what they are look below. They are the aluminum rings around the gauges.
Them are not hard just easily a 3 hr job, unless you do it twice. Make sure when you put the dash back in you push the connector all the way in. If you start the engine and the gauges don't work then the connector is probably not in. Also if you turn the engine off, pull the key and the engine is still running the connector is not in all the way. I know from experience.
Them are not hard just easily a 3 hr job, unless you do it twice. Make sure when you put the dash back in you push the connector all the way in. If you start the engine and the gauges don't work then the connector is probably not in. Also if you turn the engine off, pull the key and the engine is still running the connector is not in all the way. I know from experience.
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St. Jude Donor '06
No pics???? WFT??? BTW, since this is one of your first installs in months... at least one that you are doing solo... no wonder it's such a hassle.. no moral support!! Hey Oak, maybe we should run up to SD to see our bud???
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Nothing really too difficult the longest was installing the VARARAM by myself but it was fairly easy!
Thanks,Matt
Thanks,Matt
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12
Time wise I did pretty good. You guys need to ask Oak. It took me less than an hour from start to finish. Its just the glue part that really sucked 
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Know what you mean, Nouman.
I helped a buddy and forum member IMQUIK (TSHAC) do his on his C5 once.
He started out pretty cocky, playing the big "professor" instructing me on the finer points of bezel installation.
You can see how over-confident he's feeling here, actually threatening me at one point to do it with one hand superglued behind his back.
You could cut the tension in the air with a knife at this point in the project. Things were getting dicey!
Finally he could stand the extreme pressure no longer and collapsed on the floor! He stirred just about the time I was about to dial 911.
In the end, it all worked out.
Hang in there, buddy!
I helped a buddy and forum member IMQUIK (TSHAC) do his on his C5 once.
He started out pretty cocky, playing the big "professor" instructing me on the finer points of bezel installation.
You can see how over-confident he's feeling here, actually threatening me at one point to do it with one hand superglued behind his back.
You could cut the tension in the air with a knife at this point in the project. Things were getting dicey!
Finally he could stand the extreme pressure no longer and collapsed on the floor! He stirred just about the time I was about to dial 911.
In the end, it all worked out.
Hang in there, buddy!
Last edited by Patches; May 28, 2007 at 08:28 PM.
Drifting
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From: Kingsport TN
Yea, I hated doing this one too. So many screws and having to work from the console toward the dash just to get the cluster out!
Here's the clincher.... I was driving one day about a year later and one of those aluminum bezels just fell off inside the cluster!!! DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to do it all over again so double the fun
Here's the clincher.... I was driving one day about a year later and one of those aluminum bezels just fell off inside the cluster!!! DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to do it all over again so double the fun