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08-20-2015, 08:21 PM
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68 dash woodgrain installation
I am going to install the woodgrain on my new 68 GTO dash bezel. What should I use to keep from sticking until its in place. I have use on other cars out side strips, a mixture of water, dawn dish soap and a little rubbing alcohol into a pump spray. I do see how I am going to squeegee out the water.
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08-21-2015, 09:17 AM
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Anybody
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08-25-2015, 02:19 AM
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You should be able to use the soapy solution just as you've done before but I just carefully placed mine without using anything like that. It's fairly forgiving if you don't press it down and of course, it's probably instant death if you let the adhesive side fold back over onto itself.
If you use the soapy solution option, I'd advise you constantly rub it down as the '68 panel is concave and that lower area in the concave (around the gauge bezels) tends to want to lift. The way I've done it (3 times) is place it first with the backing on just to make sure it fits properly. If you have to trim anything, now is the time. After it fits just the way you want it, you can just line it up with the gauge openings and work it from the center out.
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia Last edited by Greg Reid; 08-25-2015 at 02:24 AM. |
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08-31-2015, 02:51 PM
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I tried to do it dry. I had everything good but the left side did not seem right. So I pulled it off. It was not all they way down so came right up. I ended up using a few drops of dawn and water in to a spray bottle. Worked out great but I had to keep wiping it with a paper towel and I used a heat light to help it dry, what big help. I still had a small issue on the left side. The decal could have been trimmed a little. But very hard to see. I felt the decal around the top of the heater control decide how it was going to lay out.
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08-31-2015, 02:52 PM
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more pictures
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08-31-2015, 06:39 PM
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Looks great. Is that the reproduction bezel? It wasn't out when I purchased a good original. Wasn't cracked but I had to do a homebrew chrome paint job.
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08-31-2015, 06:51 PM
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Looks good to me!
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08-31-2015, 09:46 PM
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09-01-2015, 12:33 PM
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Have you tried it in the car with all the gauges, heater controls, etc.? Wondering about the fit.
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09-02-2015, 06:37 AM
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I will let you know and post pictures |
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09-02-2015, 07:40 AM
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Thanks
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09-08-2015, 12:41 PM
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pictures of the dash before I took it apart
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#13
09-09-2015, 10:30 PM
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We installed the aftermarket dash bezel on my sons 68
Overall the fit was good......until we got to installing the right side. We spent a good day screwing around trying to get the new bezel on the glove box and the little extension piece to the far right side to even be acceptable We had to file out the holes on the dash and shim the glove compartment door as much as we dared We eventually gave up on trying to invent a new wheel This was our end result    I got to say the gauges , radio, and switches matched up very nice with the bezel Bill |
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#14
09-10-2015, 08:02 PM
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Nice job!
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