Maltese Chief
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Pennsylvania
I'm in the process of resurrecting my XJ that I rolled on the road.
I found Go Jeep's write-up on painting the guage surround,
and it is very easy and cheap.
Here's what I did, cost $3.99 for paint.
Removed dash panel and guage cluster.
The hardest part was reaching the speedo to remove the cable,
just squeeze the connection.
Unclip the two large wiring connectors by squeezing
the top and bottom. (no photo's).
Unscrew the four brass screws and remove
the trip odometer button (slides right off).
Remove the plexiglass and the guage surround.
Remove the turn signal and high beam "gels"
gently prying up with a razor blade.
It seems there is some small amount of glue here,
but it's easy to pry that off.
I used all purpose paint.
It seemed to run a bit because
I didn't sand the plastic surface.
It turned out all right with several coats of paint.
Reassemble.
The contrast makes the stock guages much easier to see.
I chose orange because I will be using it
as an accent color on the XJ.
Concept;
:skull1:
I found Go Jeep's write-up on painting the guage surround,
and it is very easy and cheap.
Here's what I did, cost $3.99 for paint.
Removed dash panel and guage cluster.
The hardest part was reaching the speedo to remove the cable,
just squeeze the connection.
Unclip the two large wiring connectors by squeezing
the top and bottom. (no photo's).
Unscrew the four brass screws and remove
the trip odometer button (slides right off).
Remove the plexiglass and the guage surround.
Remove the turn signal and high beam "gels"
gently prying up with a razor blade.
It seems there is some small amount of glue here,
but it's easy to pry that off.
I used all purpose paint.
It seemed to run a bit because
I didn't sand the plastic surface.
It turned out all right with several coats of paint.
Reassemble.
The contrast makes the stock guages much easier to see.
I chose orange because I will be using it
as an accent color on the XJ.
Concept;
:skull1: