This is pretty sad guys, I was putting on the aluminum rings onto my instrument cluster and got the glue on the plastic faces. Any of you guys ever had this happen to you? If so, any suggestions would be appreciated. I really don't want to cough up another $500 to get a used cluster.

Thanks

 

What kind of glue?

Hopefully you used Silicon RTV adhesive. If that is the case, then plain old isopropyl alcohol will take it right off with no damage to the clear styrene instrument cluster cover. If you used super glue, or model cement or something else, then you are probably out of luck on getting it off cleanly. Check the glue container to see if it has removal instructions.

 

Yeah if it's silicon, you can heat it up w hair dryer (not overly hot) and wipe the silicon away.

Home depot sells a crazy glue remover solution. Try that but check if that'll damage the plastic on the dial covers.

Use microfiber cloth, Q tip or soft tissue and clean it slowly.

Worst case, you can pickup a used dash pod on ebay for $100-200.

 

use acetone, it will get most of it off, then clean it with armourall.

 

acetone will disolve the plastic. If it is silicone I would try windex first. If you do damge the plastic I would try plastic window refinisher to try to fix it.

Arnie

 

Acetone will indeed dissolve the clear styrene plastic the cover is made from.

Once again, if it is RTV silicone glue that you are trying to remove, simply use Isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol to remove the excess. This is also the way to remove excess or old bathroom silicone caulking.

 

HI guys, thanks for all the advice. You know I purchased one of these aluminum trim sets from a seller on ebay who told me it was OEM. The glue that was included with the trims was that model cement type glue. I went to the local hardware store and got glue remover but it's made it worse. Is there anywhere I can buy new plastic face gauges or do I have to replace the whole cluster? Thanks a lot guys.

 

install the rings with very thin 3M body emblem tape, works great

You should be able to find a plastic face on ebay or a Porsche salvage yard

Good luck!

 

Sorry to hear that Ed, check ebay for used clusters you can get them for $250-$350 range used

 

Well, when I had a little super glue on my guage faces, acetone/nailpolish remover took it right off, then I hit it with armourall, worked perfectly. Guess I was lucky, why not try it, got nothing to lose now.