Painting the instrument cluster bezel

[Minuit]

8 hours ago, Torq_Shep said:

Does anyone know if the eliminator ever came with anything other than the black dash? 

I don't think so. Maaaaybe the one with the chrome outlines, but I'm not sure of that either. That may have been a Pioneer thing.

[89 MJ]

8 hours ago, Torq_Shep said:

Does anyone know if the eliminator ever came with anything other than the black dash? 

 

29 minutes ago, 89 MJ said:

I believe @Red Mistress has grey interior in his. 

I thought you were talking about the whole dash. Ignore me.

[Torq_Shep]

2 hours ago, Minuit said:

I don't think so. Maaaaybe the one with the chrome outlines, but I'm not sure of that either. That may have been a Pioneer thing.

All three of the eliminators I have owned have had the chrome lines. But all had black dash panels.

[The86manche]

On 11/28/2020 at 7:53 PM, schardein said:

HAHA, it was a shame.  It hurt my heart to pull pieces out of it.  I got there late in the day and knew I really didn't have time to pull the seats, so I put it out of my mind.  Hopefully someone else got them and put them to use.  Interior was beautiful, outside was a little rough.

21 slot grill and marchal fog lights too! Such rarities!

How sad though

[schardein]

11 hours ago, The86manche said:

21 slot grill and marchal fog lights too! Such rarities!

How sad though

The grill came home with me.  The fog lights were in bad shape, worse than they appear.  It was hard to walk away from the taillights, but the rear hatch wouldn't open, and I didn't have time to work with it.

[rylee144]

Wow to find a 21 slot in a junkyard. Great find!

[89 MJ]

2 minutes ago, rylee144 said:

Wow to find a 21 slot in a junkyard. Great find!

Right! I've never even seen one in person.

[Eagle]

On 11/27/2020 at 7:29 PM, schardein said:

 

Here is the filler piece in my XJ, it is a matching brushed aluminum.  I scored these years ago in the salvage yard, but don't remember details.  Wish I'd kept better notes.

 

 

Can you pull the filler piece out and see if the part number is cast into the back face?

[schardein]

3 hours ago, Eagle said:

 

Can you pull the filler piece out and see if the part number is cast into the back face?

Almost feel like I should start a new topic.  

This turned out to be quite an exercise.  At first, I couldn't get the filler piece out.  Usually they almost fall out.  I had to get a very thin electrical terminal tool to get in there and pop it out.

The back is a beige color, like the back of some woodgrain ones I've seen.  It also has duct tape-like tape on the sides.  This bezel has been on my XJ so long I'd forgotten.  Had to peel the tape back.  Then had to carefully clean the tape adhesive residue off to see the last part of the number.

5500 3101

84-86 parts manual shows this as FILLER, STEERING COLUMN LIMITED

88-90 parts manual shows it as FILLER, STEERING COLUMN WOODGRAIN

[eaglescout526]

It says that part number is wood grain. Theres four left so I am gonna get them from the one dealer I frequent and see what they really are.

[Eagle]

4 hours ago, schardein said:

Almost feel like I should start a new topic.  

This turned out to be quite an exercise.  At first, I couldn't get the filler piece out.  Usually they almost fall out.  I had to get a very thin electrical terminal tool to get in there and pop it out.

The back is a beige color, like the back of some woodgrain ones I've seen.  It also has duct tape-like tape on the sides.  This bezel has been on my XJ so long I'd forgotten.  Had to peel the tape back.  Then had to carefully clean the tape adhesive residue off to see the last part of the number.

5500 3101

84-86 parts manual shows this as FILLER, STEERING COLUMN LIMITED

88-90 parts manual shows it as FILLER, STEERING COLUMN WOODGRAIN

 

 

Thanks for going the extra mile and checking that out.

[eaglescout526]

Soooo, for anyone who remembers this fun little thread, I finally got the fillers for the woodgrain/brushed dash bezels and well it turns out the filler I got was the woodgrain if you saw my NOS post. Wah wah.

Anyways I want to say that I am going to be painting a dash bezel charcoal color for the charcoal interiors. Will post how it turns out.

[eaglescout526]

 

I think it came out quite nice. 

[schardein]

On 2/22/2021 at 12:25 PM, eaglescout526 said:

 

I think it came out quite nice. 

I missed this update to the post- that turned out great!  I can appreciate the effort it takes to mask all that off.

[eaglescout526]

2 minutes ago, schardein said:

I missed this update to the post- that turned out great!  I can appreciate the effort it takes to mask all that off.

Oh yeah. I absolutely love it actually. I thought I was gonna hate it but it actually blends quite nicely in my truck. 

[Pete M]

on the topic of locked XJ rear hatches, I've gotten pretty good at crawling inside and getting the hatch open.   once you pry that hatch panel off, it's easy.