hello all, im a newbie to the chevelle world and im sure ill be asking some stupid questions but bear w/ me please. anyway, i recently purchased a 69 malibu and im wanting to clean up the instrument panel. its cracked up, took it off and want to clean up glass and gauges. is there any special way to go about this? thanks

Welcome to the sire Cody :thumbsup: And yes there is a way to polish the plastic lens and even your plastic belt covers. I started a thread a while back Read It Here (http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106391&highlight=Polish+Plastic) If you need more help just ask.
The first set of pictures link do not work since yahoo stopped hosting pictures just keep on reading the thread and you will see more.
To remove the plastic lens you will have to heat up a small flat screwdriver and gently push the little green melted tabs towards the center so you can save some of the green plastic to hold it back in place. Its easy to do when putting the plastic lens back in just heat up a nail head and re melt the green tabs and your done.

Hi Cody :waving:

Once you get that lens off be very careful with your gauges. One squirt of window cleaner and a wipe with a towel will smear the digits on you gauges and ruin them. If your guage backgrounds are still decent you just brush the dust off with a soft bristle brush. Get some caution red spray paint and spray some in the cap. Then use a paint brush to repaint the gauge needles. Buff your lens clear again and reassemble.

yep, i just need to brush em off. but i need to get the lens off first. this is what im having trouble with. any other suggetions?? thanks

I posted it above:
To remove the plastic lens you will have to heat up a small flat screwdriver and gently push the little green melted tabs towards the center so you can save some of the green plastic to hold it back in place. Its easy to do when putting the plastic lens back in just heat up a nail head and re melt the green tabs and your done.