TiGraySpeed6
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- 2006 Speed6 #3476
Difficulty = 2 if you can get to the compartment, your over-qualified
Tools = a drywall screw
Cost = whatever you pay for the lotek pod I guess, otherwise $0
O Factor = up to you. maybe 3 to 5?
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This is really only about the center compartment door removal so you can replace it. Not gauge install, not center console removal etc.
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During my searching for a Lo-Tek gauge pod install how-to, I found posts stressing the damage to the door and to the hinges. The phrase "Total destruction" was in one of the earlier ones....
OK, well, yeah, the wiring has to get in there somehow, and that, well, that requires a hole. This hole is small enough to be repaired if needed, and is under that carpet/fabric mat, so it causes me no concern at all.
Also, I wasn't able to locate much in the way of pictures to give me an idea of what that whole hinge assembly looked like that was causing sooooo much trouble. This was the area that seemed to be causing the trouble for people, generating the total destruction phrase. The best I found was a need to drill a hole to remove the hinge pins.
NO MORE-
The hinges are way easy-
and here are the pics to prove it.
just your basic rollpins, very light grade
one on each side
use any pointy tip screw like a drywall screw
twist into the pin just barely finger tight
then pull
- - not too tight, just enough to get a grip or you will actually make it harder to pull out as the pin expands and pressure holds the pin in place
Pin removal:
Mostly out, you can see the hinge pin, still in the door, and the hole that recieves the pin just below
the spring is pushing the door up/away from the normal position as compared to above
Spring positioning, picture mostly because I'll never remember how they go back....
other side is a mirror image of this one
Here's the same lame picture of a lotek in place-
time for some more gauges.....
(pic obsolete, not replaced when post updated to correct pictures)
The one thing I didn't get a pic of- I used two half inch pieces of double sided foam tape, one piece on top of each hinge mount on the base, to hold the pod in place. Working well currently, but will likely be fine tuned as I add the other gauges...
Tools = a drywall screw
Cost = whatever you pay for the lotek pod I guess, otherwise $0
O Factor = up to you. maybe 3 to 5?
===========
This is really only about the center compartment door removal so you can replace it. Not gauge install, not center console removal etc.
===========
During my searching for a Lo-Tek gauge pod install how-to, I found posts stressing the damage to the door and to the hinges. The phrase "Total destruction" was in one of the earlier ones....
OK, well, yeah, the wiring has to get in there somehow, and that, well, that requires a hole. This hole is small enough to be repaired if needed, and is under that carpet/fabric mat, so it causes me no concern at all.
Also, I wasn't able to locate much in the way of pictures to give me an idea of what that whole hinge assembly looked like that was causing sooooo much trouble. This was the area that seemed to be causing the trouble for people, generating the total destruction phrase. The best I found was a need to drill a hole to remove the hinge pins.
NO MORE-
The hinges are way easy-
and here are the pics to prove it.
just your basic rollpins, very light grade
one on each side
use any pointy tip screw like a drywall screw
twist into the pin just barely finger tight
then pull
- - not too tight, just enough to get a grip or you will actually make it harder to pull out as the pin expands and pressure holds the pin in place
Pin removal:
Mostly out, you can see the hinge pin, still in the door, and the hole that recieves the pin just below
the spring is pushing the door up/away from the normal position as compared to above
Spring positioning, picture mostly because I'll never remember how they go back....
other side is a mirror image of this one
Here's the same lame picture of a lotek in place-
time for some more gauges.....
(pic obsolete, not replaced when post updated to correct pictures)
The one thing I didn't get a pic of- I used two half inch pieces of double sided foam tape, one piece on top of each hinge mount on the base, to hold the pod in place. Working well currently, but will likely be fine tuned as I add the other gauges...
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