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Old 12-19-2005, 05:38 PM   #125
nigel1
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the gauges are held in by the metal brackets that come with them, they are shaped like this... |_| and then the carbon fiber is just cut to fit really snug in there, and then I fabbed up two brackets that rotate to hold the cf panel in place. I used a holesaw to cut the holes as well for added cleanliness, the climate control was just dremeled on the sides to make it the same width as the cdplayer, and all that was loosely screwed together at first and then tightened down, if you do it to your car you will know exactly what I mean by that. for the bezel overlay I removed the ash tray cover and cut off the extra material with the dremel, and used plexiglass from home depot and made the block off for the cigarette lighter, and JB Kwicked everything in place, I then sanded it all smooth and put a quick coat of bondo over everything, and sanded that smooth. then I spraypainted it all black and made a template for the carbon fiber. I then traced it to the cf sheet and cut it out and attatched it to the original bezel. I used a holesaw to make the new 12v outlets, that I purchased at radioshack to power my radar detector and my cellphone charger or G-tech or whatever. the outlets were 6 bux a piece and come with nice built in plugs so when nothing is plugged in it looks super clean still. I think thats about it.
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