speedo cluster clear plastic

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:17 am

I have had an idea and to see it through, I need to remove the clear plastic from my spare binnacle.

it looks like its clipped on but im worried if I start trying to lever it off its going to snap. has anyone ever managed to get that clear plastic off without breaking it?

Eddie. · Post by **Eddie.** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:39 pm

I tried once. It broke immediately.

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:03 am

yeah I don't actually want to break it. someone must have tried this!

Duracel79 · Post by **Duracel79** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:07 am

I seem to think it is glued on which makes it difficult to remove.

Maybe try a hot wire or knife to cut the bonding?

Ben

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:10 pm

croma_man · Post by **croma_man** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:39 pm

I tried on one of my clusters that were already broken, no way to do that without damage. If it would be a modern cluster no problem, but 30 years ago, when they did something, they did it right !

mate, the best thing is to buy another cluster, clean it, change the red foil with clear and assemble it together with your parts. Usually a used cluster goes for 10-15 quid?

If there are some scratches on the clear plastic, use this :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamiya-87068- ... 51abaae7a9

You can get 1mm deep scratches out of the clear without a trace.

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:34 pm

I need to access both sides because I have this crazy custom gauge idea.

:/ stupidly well built bmw!!!

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:46 pm

Check with Jeremy, he implemented quite some custom (E36) stuff in there

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:50 pm

has that cluster got a plastic cover? It doesn't look like it

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:59 pm

By the looks of it, it wasn't installed yet at the time. A few days later...

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:59 pm

you see that's an awesome job that's been done there. My idea is rather different but I think I have a solution to the madness.

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:06 am

Keep us posted!

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