I am finally getting around to posting some pictures of the HUD repair that I did. The HUD image on my father’s call was just barely visible, as it was way down at the very bottom of the windshield.

The procedure involves removing, the knee bolster, console, the full radio bezel, the main dash, and then finally the HUD unit.

I took the HUD unit it apart and confirmed that the plastic pin had broken. I used a drill to drill out what was remaining of the post.





I also enlarged the metal bracket slightly with a drill bit to accept a #6 machine screw.


Below are the materials I used to make the post.




I mixed up a little epoxy to make sure the screw would not back out in the future





I cut the screw down to the correct length, and then did a test fit back into the projector.





But then I noticed that the factory plastic grommet on the opposite side had also deteriorated, and I figured it was just a matter of time before it failed.




The grommet apparently is unique and designed to fit into this.




I saw where others had used a rubber grommet like used for passing an electrical wire through an opening, but I decided to try another approach that will not ever dry out. As it turns out the head of a pop rivet fits perfectly over the metal post.







To make it fit nicely into the slot and clear the mirror, it required some filing to make one side of the rivet flat.





Once filed, and after I confirmed the fit, I simply slipped the rivet head off of the pop rivet shaft. I also shortened the length of the rivet head.










You can see below how the side of the rivet filed flat, now sits nicely just over the mirror.





So that there was not any reflection of the shiny rivet head, I masked the mirror and touched up the rivet head with some flat black paint.






I reassembled for the last time being sure to line up the arrows of the mirror and the gear so that the display had the correct up and down travel.

All back together. Success!


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Fantastic tutorial. Thanks for the details and sharing and congrats! Nice!

 

Did the car sit out in the sun a lot? Wondering if that's what made the plastic brittle.

 

No. The car does not sit out in the sun a lot. From what I have gathered, the HUD failure is somewhat common, do to the plastic post breaking. I won’t have to worry about that now with this repair.