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Originally posted by Claire Richardson
Does it come off without breaking.???
Mine had a crack in it anyway so it had to come off, but I've got a metal cover to go round the clocks and I dont wat to buy a new one and crack that trying to get it off!!!!
Anyone done it before?[Edited on 09-02-2004 by Claire Richardson]

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Sounds like its hit and miss with these then.
It doesn't depend on the year of the the car. Probably depends on the model.
Just keep looking I spose

Claire

strange, i got the post97 corsa and mine was bonded on.
i used a stanley knife and hacksaw, but i still cracked the perspex.

I'm now looking for a perspex that 'clips off'..

will get a pic of mine in a mo

Dont need to know how to get it off chuck cause I fecked it up :lol:
What I need now is a replacement that I can get off without doing the same thing again :lol:
I'll look into the Tigra one Marv, but I havent seen a Tigra at the local scrap yard since I've been going there(over a year now) so a second hand one will be hard to come by.
If I buy new, does the same principle apply with those, that the perspex clips off.
Oh and is it a direct replacement for the corsa. No mods??

Claire

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Originally posted by Claire Richardson
I've been to the dealers today and there are two types of instrument panel for the corsa b.
The one I've got (L reg) was bonded on and is a bugger to remove.
Post P reg's can be cliped off.
The guy wouldnt say for sure if it was the same size/design as the one I have because its a different part number.
I'm tipping its the same, but will go to the scrap yard and get a post P reg one to try it.
Hopefully everything else will be the same i.e rev counter hazards indicators fogs etc.
And yeah, he priced up the perspex at £20 ish

Claire

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Clare, you can get the perspex off.

Just get a stanley knife, or possibly as said above a small hacksaw blade, and basically cut away at the glue.

Takes a while, but as long as you dont rush it, it'll come off fine, and be able to be glued back into place.

it makes the dials sit furth inside, it looks thicker and different

A Tigra Instrument panel fits in a corsa b Marv??
Whats the difference between them luv?

Claire

i hate to say this........but i told u so :P

clare get a tigra one

I've been to the dealers today and there are two types of instrument panel for the corsa b.
The one I've got (L reg) was bonded on and is a bugger to remove.
Post P reg's can be cliped off.
The guy wouldnt say for sure if it was the same size/design as the one I have because its a different part number.
I'm tipping its the same, but will go to the scrap yard and get a post P reg one to try it.
Hopefully everything else will be the same i.e rev counter hazards indicators fogs etc.
And yeah, he priced up the perspex at £20 ish

Claire

take the whole instrument panel out and it just unclips easily from the back

mine just unclipped

think i have a sapre one of these...

this is probably what ure talking about.........




if so, cut it off using a hacksaw blade around the top, and then slide in the dial surround. then glue back 2gether.




i snapped mine and i cant b arsed 2 fix it!!

you can buy just the perspex part but it costs around £20 coz I did last year !!

i think it does come off
some may be glued id u2u cbra 148 as he will know for sure

The whole thing comes off when unscrewed and you're left with a unit comprising of a clear perspex window (to see the clocks through) and a grey (in my case) plastic backing with holes cut out that goes over the clocks.
I tried prizing off the perspex and it did come away from some of the casing but it cracked in a few places so there must be another way of taking it off, or maybe, when I buy a new one, there may be a later model corsa b that the perspex bit comes off easily.

Claire

you meaning the clear plastic cover on the speedo dials itself? :boggle:

if so im sure it all comes apart with screws from the back

if ya dont mean this - - erm - passs cause im off to work :lol:

Ta bud, but I've got that bit out of the car. I'm trying to prize the plastic cover off now without breaking it to get inside that to put the dial surround on (nowt to do with the dials themselves)

:wave:

Claire

if ya meaning the clocks surround??

i found it came off easier with undoing the steering column surround too

(3 or 4 screws underneath and 2 on front befind steering wheel (turn wheel to get to them ))

Does it come off without breaking.???
Mine had a crack in it anyway so it had to come off, but I've got a metal cover to go round the clocks and I dont wat to buy a new one and crack that trying to get it off!!!!
Anyone done it before?

Ta

Claire


[Edited on 09-02-2004 by Claire Richardson]