Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
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Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
I have a backlit shift plate from an 89 iroc-z, the selector window is pretty scratched up, paint missing yadda yadda yadda. The plate is pretty clean, andone know where to get a replacement window or has anyone made/repainted tier own???
Re: Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
Nope, never. 
https://www.thirdgen.org/shiftindicator
Your's is far enough gone, you'll probably want to find a way to back mask the PRND321 lettering. A shop that makes vinyl signs could probably make you up a mask.

https://www.thirdgen.org/shiftindicator
Your's is far enough gone, you'll probably want to find a way to back mask the PRND321 lettering. A shop that makes vinyl signs could probably make you up a mask.
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Re: Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
what would be amazing was if i could find some of the material and make my own as it is throughly scratched on the top side. thanks for the info drew! may just do that for the time being
Re: Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
If you're carefull you could probably seperate the clear plastic indicator from the rest of the shifter plate. Then just get a piece of clear plastic from the hardware store and make a new one.
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Re: Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
The berlis have a nice one.Looks blue when lit, black strip with white lettering.
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Re: Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
this one lit up blue also, im going to be changing that to red though 
or maybe just make the indicator dark red to match the car!
oh and some white paint on the strip underneath white to get the white lettering

or maybe just make the indicator dark red to match the car!
oh and some white paint on the strip underneath white to get the white lettering
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Re: Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
Someone was selling replacement aftermarket shift indicators on ebay, but this was a few years ago. They offered different colored ones; blue, silver, red, yellow, etc.
Did you read this:
https://www.thirdgen.org/shiftindicator
Did you read this:
https://www.thirdgen.org/shiftindicator
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Re: Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
yes, however it is heavily scratched on the outside as well. i would like to fix that also
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Re: Gear selector window, looking for some advice from the pro's here
I had a fellow member make me a new one - he was local and worked at a sign shop. It's like transperancy film that he made into the shift lettering. Then I repainted the red indicator dtripe with some testors red paint. Any signshop will be able to remake for you like I did, and for under $20. Just stop in a local sign shop and show them what you want.
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