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Did a decal replacement on a 3 switch cluster. Tools needed: Exacto knife or razor blade, Heat Gun, patience. I had 2 of 3, guess which I was missing
This was a test run with a spare cluster, first I removed the screws holding the switches and removed them. Next I VERY carefully straightened the tabs that held the plate on and removed the plate. With the plate off, I straightened the tabs for easy assembly. Cleaned the woodgrain on the plate with windex and dried. I started to apply the decal at the three holes, lining them up carefully. Smoothed the decal from the holes out to the edges lightly, so I could make small adjustments as needed. Pay a lot of attention to the inside curve, it's fun getting that stretched later if it doesn't fit well. Pressed firmly with my fingers over the labels and used my fingernail to get a good outline for trimming. Don't over do the nail thing like I did and leave a small mark in the decal I'll have to "relax" out with the heat gun. CAREFULLY cut around the labels and peeled the decal off. Take your time here and use reading glasses if your old like me. Once they are cut out, smooth the decal down firmly and touch up any scratches in the black. If you take about twice as long as I did, you can do a real classy job. As it is, this one is way better than you need for a nice driver. You'd have to look real close around the labels to tell it's not original.
First pic is of the original plate and the decal, just making sure the spacing of the holes was good.
Second pic is of the decal on with one label cut out.
Third Pic is with all 3 labels cut out.
Fourth pic is of the plate fitted back on the plastic panel.
P.G.
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