Too late...
I treid this a year ago and ended up buying a whole new bezel from Don. Not bad because they are one of the few repopped parts that are outstanding quality and almost not different than the originals.
I tried with a template that I made from my original bezel and wasted hours for nothing. With an exacto-knife it is impossible to work out a satisfying result.
We need a ready cut decal!
Tim,
I also have a
new center dash bezel w/ the woodgrain that I purchased from Don. I now have these two decals that I acquired, through many hours of digging on the net. My intent of this post is
to help those who are considering reconditioning their existing bezel, whether for reasons of budget or maybe they just want to do it themselves. You (Tim) and Eric (Mister 4X4) as well as myself have attempted or at least contemplated going this route ourselves. Eric's carbon fiber 3M Di-Noc vinyl turned out well, without a template, (mostly) but would have been easier if he had a template. I chose to buy a new bezel, even though I was able to find/acquire the
actual decals for both of the bezel types. (with and without gauges)
because there is no way to duplicate the chrome accent striping. I also purchased the shifter bezel from Don, which has the matching chrome striping and therefore the center bezel wouldn't look right, no matter how well the replacement decal looked. Oh...and now that the center and shifter bezel looked so good the right and left dash bezels didn't look so good anymore. (another call to Don!)
Soooo....if there was enough interest in making a template or purchasing a quantity of these decals (they're not really for sale but I could make it happen) I would consider
helping. If not, then you are all back in the same position you are in now. I know I wanted the option. Groups can
sometimes get things done that individuals cannot. 7173 could do things like this,(as a group-to lower cost) if we worked together, it's not that hard to do. I was/am just offering to take the lead and get it done.
Eric