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Old 12-04-2023, 03:22 PM
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As I am waiting for parts to complete my engine reassembly, I decided to spend some time on the interior.

One thing that has been bugging me, was the switches and buttons that lost their pictograms over the years. I looked at the option of replacing them, but they are not cheap! Also, they are still working, so why replace them?

Luckily, my wife has a Cricut machine. I borrowed her for a few hours and I was able to create vinyl cutouts that I applied on my switches and buttons. With some mate clear over it, I am happy with the result. Here is the before and after:




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Old 12-05-2023, 08:32 AM
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Wow! If you could mass produce those and put everything on a proof sheet, you will probably be able to afford to buy a Yacht in a few months. 😁
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Wow! If you could mass produce those and put everything on a proof sheet, you will probably be able to afford to buy a Yacht in a few months. 😁
I can take orders!
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Outstanding! Nice work and agree, you've hit a goldmine, lol.
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Outstanding! Nice work and agree, you've hit a goldmine, lol.
The toughest part is to take those tiny pieces of vinyl and place it at the right spot!
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Nice work. I struggled with my switches after cleaning them a couple of times. I ended up buying new window switches off amazon for pretty cheap and never looked back. Trouble free so far.
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Wow, those came out great!! I agree that if you produced a set to replaced the faded pictographs on the interior buttons, people would buy them. I'm one of them because my switches all work fine but they're super faded from years of use.
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agreed with the above !
please make them available to order
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agreed with the above !
please make them available to order
Wow, thanks for your comments!

The idea was to share my experience, but if you guys are interested in acquiring some, I could setup something. The easiest way for now could be to PM me.

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They came out nice! Can you do custom graphics for the buttons?
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They came out nice! Can you do custom graphics for the buttons?
I sure can! The only limit is your imagination, the width of the lines and the space on the button



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