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DIC AND HUD INSTALL (PIX PG 2)...


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How much? Did you get the dashpad and the controls?

 

I thought all 95's were prewired? Ask "Ross Petty", he's the 95 HUD expert!

 

I didn't get the dashpad, it's tan, so I think I'm gonna cut mine up. I thought about getting the dashpad, but that'd make my Grand Prix a "camo edition" what with the seafoam green already in there.

 

I got the controls though. Mine's a base model, so I'd guess GM didn't feel like putting wires for HUD in there. I didn't see a DIC pigtail back there either. :(

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Good score, but definetly you shoulda grabbed the pad and paint it graphite at least.

 

I'm thinking about it. It's raining here right now, so the junkyard's going to be a puddle of mudd, but I'll trek out there and see how much they wanna rape me out of for the pad. I paid $25 for the HUD as it is. :shock: :D

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Yeah cutting up the pad won't work... different pieces. If the one is in the yard, you'd BETTER grab it.. you'll have one hell of a time finding another one.

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why not dye it? tan is a lighter color, and it should fit in a bathtub, get some greenish dye and have at it.

 

Doesn't work too well. I bought a seafoam green one after searching for a couple years. The black dye didn't quite match close enough... plus it didn't soak in, so a wet rag took the crap right off. Krylon worked perfect... matched perfect.

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dye and ABS plastic never works well. If you use lacquer spraypaint (= those small "touchup" cans) and give it several LITE coats, you'll never know it was painted.

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Just got back from getting the wiring pigtails... yeah. They had another SE/GTP in the junkyard, this time a '95... fully loaded besides leather, DIC and HUD (the former of which I swiped) and they charged me $20 for the black dashpad. This car is gonna look so weird when I'm done with it. :lol:

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I was just in the car, with the instrument cluster dash piece off, and I noticed that where there was an open hole in the junkyard car, there was a piece of padding on mine. I pulled that piece of padding apart and *VOILA*.. PREWIRED!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

 

I now have DIC and HUD in my car. Pix soon!!

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HUD1.jpg

The HUD in action. :D :D

 

DIC.jpg

DIC in action. I need to get a temp sensor and run it, the temp function just displays -40 right now.

 

dashpad2.jpg

 

dashpad1.jpg

Two angles of the dashpad. I think it looks alright. I'm glad I found the black interior rather than having to use the tan interior one. They charged me $20 for the damn thing though.

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That dashpad looks decent, seeing as it matches the rest of the dash trim and steering column. Now all you need to do is convert that sucker over to a console shift!!! :D

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