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Old Dec 25, 2007 | 06:55 AM
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Congrats.... ...they look great...
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Congrats.... ...they look great...

Thanks Jim
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Originally Posted by Rick_Rossi
Yes, the directions were VERY helpful
CAN i GET A LINK TO THEM INSTRUCTIONS, DONT SEE IT ON THE WESITE
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by FantasticPlastic
CAN i GET A LINK TO THEM INSTRUCTIONS, DONT SEE IT ON THE WESITE
http://www.vetteessentials.com/instr...zel_howto.html
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 08:43 PM
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Do you guys take off the black rings that are clipped on around the gauge befor the glue?? Josh reccomended this and to change to loctite super glue for a faster cure.
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Can I get those Z06 gauge faces or is that a whole gauge?? Looks way better on the Z06
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by FantasticPlastic
Do you guys take off the black rings that are clipped on around the gauge befor the glue?? Josh reccomended this and to change to loctite super glue for a faster cure.
Didnt know you could do that? The bezels I have are designed to fit over the black rings. Maybe theres another design out that I havent seen before?
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Originally Posted by FantasticPlastic
Can I get those Z06 gauge faces or is that a whole gauge?? Looks way better on the Z06
Thats the whole gauge cluster.

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Fine Fine I'll do this mod.
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This is one of the best mods I have done. It's amazing how much better the cluster looks once you get the bezels on. The project is fairly simple, but you do have to take off the center console and radio bezel to get to the cluster assembly. Most of it is just pulling screws and bolts, and carefully pulling plastic tabs. The most difficult part for me was getting my hand behind the cluster to unplug the main electrical feed/plug.

Word of advice... If you do this, you may want to do the LED mod to the DIC while you have everything apart. I did mine using the neo-wedge LEDs. They screw-in in place of the existing bulbs and require no resistors, etc. That was the second best interior mod I've done. The difference is amazing as well.

This link will get you to the point where you can install the guage bezels and LEDs. Disregard Steps 30 on down (all the resistior stuff) if you go with the neo-wedges:
http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipleddic.html

Here's a link to the neo-wedge info:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1426245

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I did mine many years ago and I do like the look better
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Love mine too!

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Originally Posted by Rick_Rossi
Didnt know you could do that? The bezels I have are designed to fit over the black rings. Maybe theres another design out that I havent seen before?
no , theres only 1 style---and I havnt done mine yet---but it looks like they go over the old black bezel---maybe he meant take the black ones off , glue them and then reassemble , Ill find out soon
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Originally Posted by blazeone
They look even cooler at night
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Originally Posted by moserbe
Makes one heck of a difference, makes em POP!!
gotta get me some of those.

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Hey, if anyone has a couple of hours to spare........
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The gauge bezel addition looks great! I 'am adding hud to my 1999 frc
so while I have the dash out it is the perfect time to add the gauge bezel.
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Originally Posted by davek 515
The gauge bezel addition looks great! I 'am adding hud to my 1999 frc
so while I have the dash out it is the perfect time to add the gauge bezel.
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