Project 78 High Sierra

[JRANGER]

I got the steering wheel off ebay from spider performance
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-1994-GM...e9a8c5&vxp=mtr.

The stereo is mounted on the back half of a metra kit....I decided to set the cd player bracket as far back as it could and use that metal bracket to secure it in place with out the bezel. I screwed it into to the bezel holes to hold it in place and then used self taping screws to give it its own screws to hold it in. Then I removed the bracket screws so the bezel could be screwed back in.... With that in place I cut the bezel to go around the hole cd player and once in place I just pop the ring around it and its in place..


Grayharville....The speedo is jumping once it hits 0 mph....It floats between 60 - 100 mph constantly and i dont know why...I greased the speedo cable which was installed a few month ago brand new and jsut greased last week..So i dont know

[JRANGER]

all the gauges work i just didnt calibrate the needles. Once I took them off while the truck was running and put them where they usually are it started running fine...Only prob now is the speedo jumping even after lubing the cable

[grayharville]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

all the gauges work i just didnt calibrate the needles. Once I took them off while the truck was running and put them where they usually are it started running fine...Only prob now is the speedo jumping even after lubing the cable

Try hitting it with a hammer

On a real note, I have no idea bud. Might go grab another out of the junkyard
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[JRANGER]

Hit the center with red, hit the out side with black..Then edges it with silver and red the high sierra logo in silver and red

Gonna have to redo the black as i tarnished it a little with masking it and got some silver on it too....

[JRANGER]

wrong high sierra...I sanding the black back on to the edges

After I redo the black im thinking about hitting the whole thing with clear

[UPNADM]

That is a job that takes patience.... What's your shipping address and I will send my trim down!

[JRANGER]

LOL!!! Yeah, if it was as nice as it looks in the picture i would do that no problem...But its not.....Have to wait for it to dry and the only reason this was done was because of a paint drip lol

[JRANGER]

The 9-5 is really holding me back...Im day dreaming about the work i want to be doing to the truck right now...Damn it sucks having to work lol

[JRANGER]

Well with on and off rain all day I wasnt able to do the fender work i wanted to but I was able to work on finishing the dash insert and then worked on the cluster bezel

I got it in my head that changing the tarnished silver to the red would be awesome! Well in theory it was and it look ok but the red didnt go on as well and ended up blotchy in some areas and in general looked like it was just too much! So 4 hours down the drain I took the bezel back out back and hit it with VHT night shades, then re-painted all the trim by hand in red and silver....So I just finished and spent the entire day finishing those 2 piece..On the bright side its almost ready to be installed and im happy with the final results

[JRANGER]

Put the bezel on the dash panel just to see...

Looks better in person for sure...

[butch86]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

The 9-5 is really holding me back...Im day dreaming about the work i want to be doing to the truck right now...Damn it sucks having to work lol

Man i would kill to go back to work................... medically retired at 35 sucks. on good days i do believe i could work circles around 2 men my age. on the other hand on my average days and bad days i couldnt make a dent in an idiots work ethic.

i like the work on the bezel and dash mat. i agree that some matte clear would make it look even better ( for my taste)

[grayharville]

Damn dude I like that
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[JRANGER]

Wish I would of thought it through in the beginning and didnt take all day on it.

Thanks

[Dalaigh]

It looks good, only thing I would do, is put a semi gloss or matte clear on the paint. It'll get rid of the glossy or shiny look, which I personally don't like, shiny interiors can cause the sun to glare and make it hard to see.

But, if thats the look you were going for leave it.

[JRANGER]

yeah if it wasnt vinyl too i would but i dont want to risk it with the vinyl dash pad

[JRANGER]

Ok well i bought a can of Aerosol Semi Gloss Black Rust-Oleum Professional Enamel and hit half my old grill with it....I did a quick sand and clean and no primer but im just wanting to get a slight idea what semi gloss will look like..

Other then that Im fighting with the wiring of the door jamb switches trying to figure out why the fuse blows instantly....Going to replace both switches and hope that does the trick..

[grayharville]

I love the look of semigloss stuff.. you might have a wire pinched in the door where they run from the door to cab.

[JRANGER]

thanks man im looking into it....ive removed the old one and it doesnt look that way but im going to dig in tomorrow for sure when i have light left

[JRANGER]

So even though it looks pretty rough since i did no prep work basically...I think the semi gloss black i put on the grill will look nice on the truck

[motornut]

looks real nice with the white faces
they realy pop

[JRANGER]

Thanks!! The white faces are awesome especially with a brand new lens on

[pugraham]

You did some awesome work on that dash, Im getting ready to clean up and rebuild my dash and def going to take some pointers from you

[JRANGER]

Thanks, let me know if you need any tips and ill be happy to provide any helping tips i can

[JRANGER]

Well the white wire seems fine but I found 3 cut wires near the duct in the console...A yellow, Black, and gray wire....I assume these are accessory wires and may be the reason the stereo is run all to itself...

Any ideas?

[motornut]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

Well the white wire seems fine but I found 3 cut wires near the duct in the console...A yellow, Black, and gray wire....I assume these are accessory wires and may be the reason the stereo is run all to itself...

Any ideas?

yellow-radio- ign power
black -radio-grnd
grey - cluster /dash lights

can I ask how the radio is wired
got pics?