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Old 02-26-2009 | 09:45 PM
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Default How to add stainless steel trim to Trans Am bezel...

It is a MAJOR PITA but I did it...





I bought a brand new T/A bezel and then the brand new stainless piece and had to REALLY work at it for 3 hours to get it in there...

You have to cut this out...



Slide the stainless piece in...



Attach it and then epoxy the old piece back on...





To get this...



Cost was about $100 (at the time I paid $50 for the T/A Bezel and $50 for the stainless piece) + epoxy and time.

If anyone wants it that is how you can make it or I'll sell mine for $100 shipped since I'm working on making my own style bezel...
Old 02-26-2009 | 09:52 PM
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Sorry but I don't like it.. I think the stainless is distracting and doesn't look good on there... congrats on figuring it out, but not for me..
Old 02-26-2009 | 09:55 PM
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Sorry but I don't like it.. I think the stainless is distracting and doesn't look good on there... congrats on figuring it out, but not for me..
No worries, I don't like it either, that's why I am selling it
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dont they sell these on ebay already ?
Old 02-26-2009 | 10:27 PM
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Mark... That is way to much work for what it is worth
Old 02-26-2009 | 11:08 PM
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Why couldn't you just start with the Camaro lens and stick the bezel to the stock gauges?
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I've thought about making those, but somone would sue me when they wrecked from the glare.
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Originally Posted by 3800RS
dont they sell these on ebay already ?
You buy that stainless piece on ebay. They don't tell you the T/A Bezel it is supposed to go on is sealed... That is where my write up comes in...
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Originally Posted by SPECIALIZED STAINLESS
Why couldn't you just start with the Camaro lens and stick the bezel to the stock gauges?
No depth. Then you just have a flat piece of metal, doesn't look like a "bezel". Know what I mean?
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Originally Posted by dragonZ28
I've thought about making those, but somone would sue me when they wrecked from the glare.
Ha. Glare isn't bad.. The "glam" factor is what they'd sue over
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Originally Posted by dragonZ28
I've thought about making those, but somone would sue me when they wrecked from the glare.
You could! I know what I had mine in my silver car the bezel didn't line up right.. On the speedo the hatches were covered more than others and there was a little gap on one side where the other side was overlapping the hatches..

IDK if anyone else had that problem.. But I did..
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Originally Posted by 6LITEREATER
You buy that stainless piece on ebay. They don't tell you the T/A Bezel it is supposed to go on is sealed... That is where my write up comes in...
yea i realized that the second time i read it. For a second i thought you actually cut that stainless piece from flat stock
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Or you just use the stock camaro bezel and buy one of the T/A bezels on ebay and place it between the cluster and the camaro bezel, looks better IMO anyway and much easier...
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I'm doin the exact same thing soon. Except I only paid $15 shipped for my aluminum bezel overlay & it's brushed to match my other accents instead of polished or chrome. Should be more subtle with brushed.

Plus to make it flow you really need the following at least to tie it all together:

Billet HVAC/Headlight *****
Boyd vent rings
aftermarket gauges with brushed bezel rings also help
and I opted for a Humount piece painted silver along with all my speaker grills
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Id like it if there was just stainless rings around the gauges.
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Originally Posted by BlueBird346
Id like it if there was just stainless rings around the gauges.
That's what I am actually having made...
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Originally Posted by Photochop
Or you just use the stock camaro bezel and buy one of the T/A bezels on ebay and place it between the cluster and the camaro bezel, looks better IMO anyway and much easier...
Ehhh... that just looked cheap to me because then it has no depth...




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