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Clock Color Change DIY
by hickie13 (difficulty: easy)
A simple mod to change the color of that nasty
green
color that matches nothing!
1- Follow the club's easy dash removal DIY. Only four
phillips screws and
some gentle pulling are needed to remove.
2- I was able to swing the dash over to the passenger seat without
removing lighter plug wires, and thus exposing the back to remove the
clock.
3- Two phillips screws hold the clock to the back of the dash plate.
Remove clock.
4- I went to a local craft store and wandered aimlessly until I
found
this great stencil film in a light blue. I wanted to match my Alpine
head unit so I chose that. They had a few
other colors too. I have read of
people using hair gel, cleaning supply bottles... any good plastic will do.
This
is the only creative part.
5- The OE green plastic part is heat melted in four little spots.
Use
an exacto knife to cut free. Pop it out and cut your new plastic to
size. I had to use four layers of my stencil
film to get my desired
darkness. You could either use a soldiering iron to melt the new
plastic in place, or
just a little Elmers glue like me.
6- Reattach clock, put dash back on and enjoy the lack of the 90's
green clock!
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