Fix the worst part about your car!
Like many others here I tried to wipe my tachometer display ONCE with a clean microfiber and ended up with some micro scratches on it, it is unbelievably cheap and very easily marked. If you haven't experienced this you either haven't touched the screen yet or haven't noticed. I did a cleaning and upgrade to it today, below is the info!
First off, cleaning in general I think with Meguir's PlastX is actually probably good on its own! I did this first before the below protector. PlastX not only seemed to clean up the micro scratches left from the micro fiber wiping but this should also help protect the screen a little from future abrassions. I wasn't sure how well this would last or if everything would be cleaned up so I went one step further and found a screen protector to add
I won't bother linking the exact shop, there are many on eBay and I have no feeling towards a specific shop, I simply ordered the cheapest one since they all looked the exact same. Right off the bat I will say I expected this to thicker like a shatter proof phone screen protector, but it is actually just a flimsy film protector (maybe that is even better to help fit the contour of the tachometer anyway and there is no reason you would need a shatter proof protector here, just wasn't expecting it at first). Also it has a blue protector over it, this comes off when you finish the install so don't worry when you first open it. The blue outline in the photos of the product listing are simply to outline the product, there is no blue outline on the actual film
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Below are two pictures of the install, everything went smooth aside from a few bubbles I was unable to smooth out of the screen (mine came with a crappy cardboard piece to help push out the bubbles but it caved under pressure, I just used some other products I had to help push out the bubbles from vinyl wrap, but even your finger/nail will work well). Perhaps if the kit came with multiple I would retry it but after inspecting it with the gauges on I could hardly notice the protector there (more on that later). It does not cover 100% of the screen, but covers the majority of it so feels like its worth it, would be harder to install if it covered all the way to every edge. Worst case if it ever bothers me enough or gets damaged I will peel it off and reapply more PlastX (will even use PlastX over this while it is installed if I feel the need to clean it)
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Here is the first image with the car off, yes it looks incredibly messy but the picture makes it look much worst than it is (taken with the flash on because I was in the garage and it was a little dark) and I had not completely cleaned it off yet. The bigger oval on the left is a reflection and not a big air bubble! You can see some smaller bubbles throughout in various areas (got a few more of these pushed out as I was inspecting it with the car on)
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And here we are with the car on, you can see a small handful of bubbles near the bottom right, but again the photo isn't doing it justice, those are very hard to see unless you look directly at them and from a certain angle that catches the light. If anything the most noticeable one is over the 40 mph mark on the right gauge.
Overall a tiny upgrade for under $10 to protect the screen that is most easily scratched seems worth it to me! Hopefully this helps others at least know how to go about cleaning the screen and protecting it if you decide to spend the few bucks
Like many others here I tried to wipe my tachometer display ONCE with a clean microfiber and ended up with some micro scratches on it, it is unbelievably cheap and very easily marked. If you haven't experienced this you either haven't touched the screen yet or haven't noticed. I did a cleaning and upgrade to it today, below is the info!
First off, cleaning in general I think with Meguir's PlastX is actually probably good on its own! I did this first before the below protector. PlastX not only seemed to clean up the micro scratches left from the micro fiber wiping but this should also help protect the screen a little from future abrassions. I wasn't sure how well this would last or if everything would be cleaned up so I went one step further and found a screen protector to add
I won't bother linking the exact shop, there are many on eBay and I have no feeling towards a specific shop, I simply ordered the cheapest one since they all looked the exact same. Right off the bat I will say I expected this to thicker like a shatter proof phone screen protector, but it is actually just a flimsy film protector (maybe that is even better to help fit the contour of the tachometer anyway and there is no reason you would need a shatter proof protector here, just wasn't expecting it at first). Also it has a blue protector over it, this comes off when you finish the install so don't worry when you first open it. The blue outline in the photos of the product listing are simply to outline the product, there is no blue outline on the actual film
Below are two pictures of the install, everything went smooth aside from a few bubbles I was unable to smooth out of the screen (mine came with a crappy cardboard piece to help push out the bubbles but it caved under pressure, I just used some other products I had to help push out the bubbles from vinyl wrap, but even your finger/nail will work well). Perhaps if the kit came with multiple I would retry it but after inspecting it with the gauges on I could hardly notice the protector there (more on that later). It does not cover 100% of the screen, but covers the majority of it so feels like its worth it, would be harder to install if it covered all the way to every edge. Worst case if it ever bothers me enough or gets damaged I will peel it off and reapply more PlastX (will even use PlastX over this while it is installed if I feel the need to clean it)
Here is the first image with the car off, yes it looks incredibly messy but the picture makes it look much worst than it is (taken with the flash on because I was in the garage and it was a little dark) and I had not completely cleaned it off yet. The bigger oval on the left is a reflection and not a big air bubble! You can see some smaller bubbles throughout in various areas (got a few more of these pushed out as I was inspecting it with the car on)
And here we are with the car on, you can see a small handful of bubbles near the bottom right, but again the photo isn't doing it justice, those are very hard to see unless you look directly at them and from a certain angle that catches the light. If anything the most noticeable one is over the 40 mph mark on the right gauge.
Overall a tiny upgrade for under $10 to protect the screen that is most easily scratched seems worth it to me! Hopefully this helps others at least know how to go about cleaning the screen and protecting it if you decide to spend the few bucks
