SmarTire Bezel Install

John Feinberg, 94 SS
February 2000
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  Remove the black dash bezel. Very easy - just 2 screws on top. There are also push-in posts on the bottom of the bezel (1 left, 2 right) so you have to tug a little. Once it was out, I used a Dremel to cut a square hole for the display, two curved holes for the buttons, and I drilled a hole for the LED. Finally I drilled three holes to bolt the SmarTire board onto the bezel. Someday I'll find black screws! Right now you're seeing what I could find in my toolbox.
 
Here you can see the SmarTire circuit board as it is bolted to the bezel piece.


I had to cut off a piece from the dash with the bezel mounting holes to make room for the SmarTire circuit board. This is the only "non-reversible" part of the install, as the dash piece is rather expensive.

     
 Before  Cutting  After


 
Put back the dash piece and the bezel and you are done! Note that if you are a hack with a Dremel tool you can buy more dash pieces (Instrument bezel,10250238,Instrument bezel,GM) and try again. For your second try you only need to remove the black bezel, and that's very easy.


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