Six-dollar dash upgrade
#371
I did my A/C vents bezels already with Dupli-Color Factory Paint. 3 coats of adhesion promoter, 3 coats of the paint and another 3 of the Dupli-Color Factory Match Finisher... They came out looking nice! Now, I'm so motivated that want to do the steering wheel spokes, tweeters and sound bar speakers. But I'm afraid I could not find a post that talked about removing the steering wheel spokes and tweeters.... Maybe it is just me, a noob! If anyone knows, it would be much appreciate it!!! I'll post pics as soon as I have the job done... By the way, mine is a JK 4Door Unlimited..
Thanks!
Thanks!
#372
JK Enthusiast
I did my A/C vents bezels already with Dupli-Color Factory Paint. 3 coats of adhesion promoter, 3 coats of the paint and another 3 of the Dupli-Color Factory Match Finisher... They came out looking nice! Now, I'm so motivated that want to do the steering wheel spokes, tweeters and sound bar speakers. But I'm afraid I could not find a post that talked about removing the steering wheel spokes and tweeters.... Maybe it is just me, a noob! If anyone knows, it would be much appreciate it!!! I'll post pics as soon as I have the job done... By the way, mine is a JK 4Door Unlimited..
Thanks!
Thanks!
And the bezels on the sound bar
The tweeters were really easy, just take out the screw behind them, and they twist out of the housing. I masked off the inner grill with blue painters tape, and used an xacto to trim it to shape.
If you have a Sahara, then the covers on the steering wheel spokes will pop off, just be gentle with them. If not...I'm not sure what the easiest way to do it would be.
Good luck
#374
JK Junkie
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Jersey Shore House
Posts: 3,093
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I did my A/C vents bezels already with Dupli-Color Factory Paint. 3 coats of adhesion promoter, 3 coats of the paint and another 3 of the Dupli-Color Factory Match Finisher... They came out looking nice! Now, I'm so motivated that want to do the steering wheel spokes, tweeters and sound bar speakers. But I'm afraid I could not find a post that talked about removing the steering wheel spokes and tweeters.... Maybe it is just me, a noob! If anyone knows, it would be much appreciate it!!! I'll post pics as soon as I have the job done... By the way, mine is a JK 4Door Unlimited..
Thanks!
Thanks!
#376
How to do the dash cluster
Many were asking but no one seemed to post how. So....
It takes all of about 4 minutes to completely take apart the instrument cluster and even less to put it back together. I was going to take pics of the process but I found a website that actually sells different color instrument faces and they had pics so I "borrowed" them.
1: Remove plastic cover below steering wheel.
2. Remove 2 x 7MM Cluster Cover Screws
3. Remove Cluster Cover
4. Remove 4 x 7MM Cluster Screws (seen below with the lense and face already removed)
5. Pull Cluster out, pull out 3 electrical connectors in the rear, then remove and then separate the cluster – Just look at it and it will make complete sense.
6. Take Cluster Face unit and repaint. I used Krylon Fusion black. 3 coats and it’s done! My finished product:
It takes all of about 4 minutes to completely take apart the instrument cluster and even less to put it back together. I was going to take pics of the process but I found a website that actually sells different color instrument faces and they had pics so I "borrowed" them.
1: Remove plastic cover below steering wheel.
2. Remove 2 x 7MM Cluster Cover Screws
3. Remove Cluster Cover
4. Remove 4 x 7MM Cluster Screws (seen below with the lense and face already removed)
5. Pull Cluster out, pull out 3 electrical connectors in the rear, then remove and then separate the cluster – Just look at it and it will make complete sense.
6. Take Cluster Face unit and repaint. I used Krylon Fusion black. 3 coats and it’s done! My finished product:
Last edited by TheMike; 05-02-2010 at 02:10 PM.
The following users liked this post:
froggy_abc (07-15-2023)
The following users liked this post:
froggy_abc (07-15-2023)
#378
JK Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Port Hope, Ontario
Posts: 323
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks TheMike !! I have been planning on doing this for months, but I work so much better from pictures Love the black, sooo much better than that crappy silver! Thanks again