center console help

[Captain A]

Need to refinish console and need help on locating power key lettering for a 93 console. After i remove all the old rubber finish, the letters will be remved also. How do I replicate them?

[ZZZZZR1]

Refinishing a consol is very hard to do.... "SecondChance" is trying to do that, but you might be better off finding a used one?

Are you looking for the radio bezel only or the center consol with the shifter?

Nobody is doing lettering for the power key....

I'll ask around, but I would recommend getting a used bezel or new one?



David

[secondchance]

Originally Posted by Captain A

Need to refinish console and need help on locating power key lettering for a 93 console. After i remove all the old rubber finish, the letters will be removed also. How do I replicate them?

You can use "dry transfer" lettering. I think lettering is helvetica 14 points (I can't guarantee...).
Another problem is a possibility of lettering drying out and flaking off.
I am attempting to fill gouges on rubbery finish and using an airbrush to mimic satin black finish. If successful, I will airbrush the entire surface except for the area with lettering.

[A1990]

Is there a difference between 92 and 93?

[-=Jeff=-]

Originally Posted by A1990

Is there a difference between 92 and 93?

I think 92-93 are the same

[A1990]

What are they worth? I have one in excellent condition and I might even have two.

[Captain A]

Sent pm

[ZZZZZR1]

Originally Posted by A1990

What are they worth? I have one in excellent condition and I might even have two.

[RedSled]

My console is pretty good, but the ashtray door has some chips with annoy me.

[tomtom72]

On my 90 the ash tray door and even the shifter console surface as well as the radio bezel were quite dog eared. My car's original owner wore his college ring so I had scratches on all those surfaces.

I bought some of that spray paint from Zip or MidAmerica or Corvette Central or one of those guys that is textured to be a match for the original. Be warned that it was my experience that it's not exact. It's close but not a match. I used scotch tape to mask off the lettering and then shot all the parts at the same time with the same strokes. It looks fine unless you really stare at it in the right light. The texture isn't quite a match either, but then my stuff looks way better than it did with all the marring.


Tom