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Hey does that gear knob still block the screen when looking from the driver's seat?? The stock gear knob is so tall!

Hmmm it doesnt block the view for me. It doesnt affect me that much to be honest - since your aware of where the controls are..

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Hey guys how can u discount the lighter wire coz I'm stuck over there? Plz help ASAP coz I'm not very smart and this my first time doing it?

It should disconnect easily. Seems like it hasnt been disconnected before - "jiggle it".

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Hey guys how can u discount the lighter wire coz I'm stuck over there? Plz help ASAP coz I'm not very smart and this my first time doing it?

It has a press button release clip on it. You must press it inwards and pull out. If you just try to pull it, you'll break it :P

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Hey guys I did my 34's stupid fury interior and got a few photo's.

I used Vinyl & Fabric paint from Supercheap Auto, I think it turned out well as I was after that standard low gloss shine.

To remove the paint I used the "elbows deep" method of Metho and the magic green sponge

I used no primer and no clear coat but i used the entire can which was roughly 5-6 coats of paint on everything, it's been a few days now hot & cold weather and no problems so far.

I also got a quote to get the interior aqua dipped but they wanted $550! It might look good but $15 vs $550 is a huge difference...

The only thing now is to fix the surrounding scratches etc as they are noticeable now

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looks good! :)

those damn panels next to the head unit that get all scratched up are so annoying too lol. wish it was easy to get rid of them with a bit of paint as well. oh well :(

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looks good! :)

those damn panels next to the head unit that get all scratched up are so annoying too lol. wish it was easy to get rid of them with a bit of paint as well. oh well :(

this!! i scratched my head furiously, when seeing my side panels, giving up on em, feels like asking someone to make frp out of it

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How does everyone go about painting the climate control plastic, more importantly the hot/cold blue/red part...

Do you spray over it and scrape it off? Or mask it up and trim it to fit. spray it, then peel it off?

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How does everyone go about painting the climate control plastic, more importantly the hot/cold blue/red part...

Do you spray over it and scrape it off? Or mask it up and trim it to fit. spray it, then peel it off?

Its a pain in the ass, but when i resprayed mine, i masked it all up, including a thin strip around the temp control colours. You'll need a sharp knife and patience lol

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How does everyone go about painting the climate control plastic, more importantly the hot/cold blue/red part...

Do you spray over it and scrape it off? Or mask it up and trim it to fit. spray it, then peel it off?

Use a little knife to take the glue off behind it, so it actually just slides out. Then just use a dab of super glue afterwards to put it back :)

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Use a little knife to take the glue off behind it, so it actually just slides out. Then just use a dab of super glue afterwards to put it back :)

Finally decided to stop being lazy and get it done.... At 1am.... On a Sunday morning.....

Ready for prep and paint :) it was a real pain to get the actual plastic piece off, even with all the little tabs pryed off... Anyways I shall post up pics tomorrow... (Later today after o get some sleep!)

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Here it is baking in the sun. Couldn't get Powerplus tungsten metallic unfortunately, nor could the store find the paint code for it. So I took a gamble and went with tungsten mica metallic, same one used on the older Holden Statesman. $30 for a mixed up can, but pricey I think.

Overall I'm happy with the colour but after sanding, 2 coats of primer and 3 with paint. It chips way to easily, I'm fairly new to painting but I can recognize what has happened pretty much straight away:

Needed more prep time!. I'll run what I have for now and eventually I'll sand it down right, leave more time between coats, then spray with lighter coats and add a few layers of clear on the top at the end.

Here are some pics

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For any one having trouble getting the colour "Tungsten" I just ordered some from Autobarn they no longer stock the powerpluss brand but they do have an equivalent. You just have to ask and they order it in for you.

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