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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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Which supplier has the best dash letter inserts for the glove box?
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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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I have not found any.
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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 09:26 PM
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I got mine from Josh. They are high quality and stick very well. You must clean the dash per his instructions.

Good Luck with your search.

http://www.rpidesigns.com/shop/

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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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East Coast Corvettes has them:

http://eastcoastvette.com/p-2699-cor...z06-05-10.aspx

I would not put them on my car though.

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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 09:35 PM
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+1 for RPI

The flexible vinyl ones work well on the flexible dash.

Preparation is the key. Scrub repeatedly with alcohol and use an adhesion promoter (Bond Pro Pen, online from Bond Pack).

And make sure it's warm and you let them set up for a day.
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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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+2 for RPI . . as others note, prep is key.

Josh does a great job !
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I have bought from some of the better known suppliers and not one - NOT ONE - fit correctly. Either the letters were too close together or too far apart.
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Originally Posted by John D.
Which supplier has the best dash letter inserts for the glove box?
Dont do what I did....I bought a set from West Coast Corvette. They are made of some type soft plastic (remember there's air bag under there) and they suck. Paid 30 bucks plus shipping (bought other stuff too) They will not adhere to dash very well at all. ILike I said I bought allot of other stuff to cutomize my new 'Z and my personal experience is all these customizing trinkets....the better ones have the GM logo on package. Those do cost more but they work and generally look better....got two kinds of '427' badges for hood and rear....the hood badges have GM logo and they look 50% better and are painted/chrome....where the other 427 badge is after market chrome. No template either....GM does have template comes w/it....anyway....get the GM one and I bet it works better...IMO
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I have the RPI letters but have not put them on. My concern is what they might do to someone's face/eyes if the air bag goes off.
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Old Jul 24, 2010 | 08:14 AM
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You can always paint the dash letters.
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Old Jul 24, 2010 | 08:17 AM
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We have nice sets that we've been selling for a while now. They're raised and not the thin cheap vinyl.


You must prep the area properly though. The main problem with adhesion is poor prep and using your fingers (oils).

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...h-letters.html
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