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Awesome", The Polarizing Film Restoration Kit fit the lens perfectly. once the old polarizing film was removed with a razorblade and the lens cleaned perfectly, the new Film installed, my Instrument Cluster looked liked it was bran new, I will recommend this product if you"re restoring you Instrument Panel/Cluster. don"t pay any attention to the negative add, that person didn"t know what they were doing. One more note; once the lens are clean use a little mild soapy water so you will be able to get the air bubbles out when installing the Polarizing Film

Awesome", The Polarizing Film Restoration Kit fit the lens perfectly. once the old polarizing film was removed with a razorblade and the lens cleaned perfectly, the new Film installed, my Instrument Cluster looked liked it was bran new, I will recommend this product if you"re restoring you Instrument Panel/Cluster. don"t pay any attention to the negative add, that person didn"t know what they were doing. One more note; once the lens are clean use a little mild soapy water so you will be able to get the air bubbles out when installing the Polarizing Film

We’ve all read about the 1983 Corvette that should have been but never quite made it. The ’83 that became the ’84 was the first generation of Corvettes to be built at the Bowling Green, Kentucky, facility and featured the continuing legacy of innovation and technology. There was one particular bit of technology that was truly fascinating within the world of automotive “goodies” and would be a major draw for the new C4 Corvette.

The belated ’83 Corvette—now the ’84—was the first automobile to offer an electronic instrument cluster with three separate liquid crystal displays (LCD) as standard equipment. It was manufactured by the AC Spark Plug Division of General Motors. (It was used in Corvettes from 1984-’88.) It is based on the microprocessor-based LCD cluster that displayed speed (max 158 mph), fuel, and rpm instantly. The speedo and tach along with the speed and rpm are presented in digital form as well as in an analog graph that changes colors from green to yellow to red as you climb the rev range.

While this entrance into the world of high technology worked well on new Corvettes, these electronic instrument clusters were (are) prone to various “hidden problems” that can tax even the most diligent and savvy among us. The standard LCD Corvette instrument panel has turned into a nightmare for many with a 1984-’88 Corvette. Dark or non-operative, the instrument panel that was so pretty when new is often a major problem. For those not suffering with totally dark instrument panels, there are often intermittent lighting failures such as the dash winking out to blackness on railroad crossings.

Of course, time has taught us there are ways to fix these instrument clusters and get them back to the way they were meant to operate when new. I’m not going to get into what it takes to bring these very good looking dash panels back to life but to offer solace to those who have one (or more!) and find themselves trying to figure out why the once beautiful electronic instrument cluster is now darker than the asphalt you are driving on.

Corvettes have always been known for their gauges, instrument clusters, information centers. Let’s face it, the dashboard in your Corvette will be viewed more times by you than any other part on of the car. It’s a source of pride, of information and validation to your Corvettes performance. It truly is a monitoring system to the wellbeing of your pride and joy.

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The subject of the movie "Who killed the electric car?" - the General Motors EV1 - wasn"t the only battery-powered vehicle produced in the 1990s. Toyota and Ford also came out with the RAV4 and Ranger EVs, electric versions of their popular compact SUV and truck lines, respectively, but there were other companies experimenting with e-mobility at the time, too. Surprisingly, one of those seems to have been Motorola, whose automotive division made an e-Vette prototype circa 1992. It retrofitted a Chevy Corvette C4 into a fully battery-powered sports car way before the original Tesla Roadster was even a thought in Elon Musk"s head.

There is only one sheet titled "EV Power" which rates the electric Motorola Vette as capable of up to 428 HP output at 320V and 1000A conditions which may have been purely theoretical at the time. The retrofit uses as much of the stock Corvette as possible, even its peculiar transmission with overdrive, to set the vehicle in motion.

In fact, the only way one could tell the Motorola e-Vette from a regular C4 if they didn"t pop the hood or trunk to see the batteries, was by the licence plates that ended in an "EL" sequence - an electric car requirement that the state of Illinois kept until 2020. The NEMA L10 charging connector was also hidden behind the stock gas fuel door.

The latest addition to the collection is the Chevrolet Corvette C4 by AUTOart.   This iconic car has been a staple in American culture for decades, IMO the best platform overall to come from Detroit.  I consider it the Porsche 911 of North America.  To be honest, it wasn’t on the radar but unexpectedly one came up on eBay, local seller too accepted an offer of $100 with local pickup.  Based on suggested retail the price was more than reasonable when you place things into perspective, lol.  At first, I wanted the red but at the last minute I gambled on the black with retro red interior and I’m glad I did!

On to the model…  The exterior is nicely painted in charcoal-metallic black paint, working surprisingly well with the red interior.  I’m glad I made the decision to switch from red to black.  Overall exterior lines are very good.  The shutlines around the door could be better but honestly, they probably mirror the 1:1, as we all know Detroit isn’t known for attention to detail, and the C4 back in the eighties was a good step in the right direction but lacked in refinement.  Wheels are executed nicely and the overall diameter works well with the scale.  One item that needs a definite call out is the wrap-around headlight mechanism, which works flawlessly.  Well done AUTOart!  3D front and rear emblems mimic the 1:1 Corvette as well.

The engine bay is to the point nothing really spectacular going on here other than the big ass block.  One thing I did like is the classic front-hinged hood with the functional prop.  Works well, felt as good as full-scale automobile.  I’m no authority on Corvette so I’ll give AUTOart the benefit of the doubt that the motor lives up to the 1:1.

The Corvette is a staple in American culture.  I don’t believe to this point that we’ve seen a C4 Corvette executed to this level present here by AUTOart.  If you’re a Corvette fan, or sport’s car fan in general I would highly recommend this diecast.  I’m itching to add more Corvettes of the earlier generation, hopefully, I can resist as space is at a premium as all collectors know.  Enjoy the pics!

The "80"s Corvette is modeled after the planned GM 1983 Chevrolet Corvette. But no 1983 Corvettes were ever produced for commercial sales. Of the 43 prototype and assembly line test cars that were made up through early September 1982 - only one vehicle remains. It currently resides at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky on permanent display. When Corvette production resumed in January 1983, a decision was made by GM to sell those cars as an early production run of 1984 models.

A similar casting was released in 1996, called the Corvette Coupe and is an Ex-Corgi casting. They are often mistaken for each other, the main difference is door mounted side mirrors. In 1990, the original casting was modified to include a 1-piece casting with a non-opening hood.

In 2022, the model was retooled and renamed ""84 Corvette". The new casting, although extremely similar in proportions to the previous, has several notable differences.

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As for putting a series resistance to dim the LCD, I want the LCD to be as bright as she will go under sunny California ambient lighting and yet not go so dim at night that I cannot see the speed at night, as is with my case. Its logical to add resistance to reduce brightness, but it would reduce both the day and night time brightest levels. That"s not the desired outcome. Which is why choosing a LDR that fits both the real life ambient LUX and what is still within the parameters to keep the dimmer switch function and the courteously triggering in range.

I suspect changing out the dash bulbs might give a brighter LCD, which might be closer matched to the original LDR sensor. Over time as the bulbs dim or other driving components or grounds fade, the optimum current flow gets compromised and the net result is a dimming of the display. Just a theory. Maybe just replacing the bulbs might have been the first remedy, assuming one can access them. My tweaking efforts are a workaround that compensated for the dimming for whatever the cause was. If it continues to fade, out go the bulbs next. For now, its working fine.