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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 08:57 AM
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has faded to black in my 2001. Is this common? Hard fix?
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by bierbelly
has faded to black in my 2001. Is this common? Hard fix?
Yes it's common, and no it's not a hard fix based on your abilities:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...splay-fix.html
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 12:25 PM
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Wow, thanks for the link. I'm decent with a soldering iron, but lazy...but not $700 lazy! Looks like I've got some work to do this weekend.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 02:44 PM
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Had the same problem & used the same fix. Took me about an 1.5 hrs. Display looks good as new.
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