GregB

'89 Carrera 3.2


All the gauge faces seem like glass to me, but recently I've noticed a bubbling on the fuel gauge at the edges indicating that there is a vinyl overlay applied. There is a sticker that says "Unleaded Fuel Only" so maybe the overlay was a simple way for the factory to get that disclaimer added without re-screening the actual gauge bezels?

In any case, can I peel off the bubbling vinyl cleanly or will it make more of a mess than I've got now? I don't mind losing the "Unleaded Fuel Only" markings, in fact the gauge will probably look better without it. If the gauge faces are all glass, any residual adhesive will probably clean up nicely. If it's plastic I may end up with a gooey mess and a lot of scratches that won't be easy to remove.

Anyone had this happen to them? I'm looking for a good "low tech" confidence builder before my Steve Wong chip arrives!!



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ivangene

glass and easy to break opening the gage if you dont have the "opening tool"

rusnak

The ones with openings in the face (speedometer, and clock) are plastic. The others are glass.

GregB

I don't really need to open the gauge, my thought was to put a fresh blade in my X-Acto knife and carefully cut around the inside of the black trim ring so that I could remove the vinyl from the face of the gauge....whatever vinyl was pinched under the bezel wouldn't show anyway so I wasn't going to worry about leaving that extra weight!!!


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ivangene

heck yea, get that dead weight outta there

justice911

How do you get an opening tool?

dshepp806

Where are these openings that you refer to?

Thanks, Rusnak

Doyle

GregB

I think he meant the gauges where there is a through-hole from the front.

Speedo has the odometer reset post, clock has the center rod for Hour/Minute/TripSet


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rusnak

Yes, sorry if I wasn't clear. Openings in the face for the clock pointer, and the speedo reset. Those are plastic, not glass.

dshepp806

So,..this is the factory setup? A combination of glass in places and plastic elsewhere?

Thanks,

Doyle

rusnak

Yes. The older cars, starting with the 356, and even the 914s have all glass.

Take your fingernail and tap on the lens face. You can tell which is plastic.