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Old 08-10-2014, 06:27 AM
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Awesome Alwayslooking thanks dude.

Somewhat related - I mean no hijack at all - once you have the cluster out, does anyone know how much more is required to remove the entire upper dash area above the glovebox? I'm considering a little project to cover the plastic upper dash in Alcantara to match the shift boot and steering wheel, but KNOW that more often than not, once you take apart a dash they are never the same again (rttles, clips not fitting back in place, trim misaligned, etc). Looking for anyone who has done it successfully, thanks.
Blkrokt, hit up user Freefall, or check out this thread here: https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...c63-coupe.html

His car is being gutted by GSR autosport, you might want to give them a call.
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So I'm pissed... How hard of a job will this be to do myself? Gonna take a little more than just shaking it out of there. This is going to drive me crazy

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Just found out it's still alive, can't wait to see how many more webs it makes before its out.

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Just found out it's still alive, can't wait to see how many more webs it makes before its out.
Better get it outta there: Average sized spiders lay around 100 eggs. Large ones lay up to 2,000 but small ones only lay 1 or 2
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That's what I was worried about.. Anyone know how hard it is to get in there after the cluster is out of the dash??
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Just light the car on fire and get a new one. Spider eggs nope nope nope nope
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Just light the car on fire and get a new one. Spider eggs nope nope nope nope
Yup,
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Just light the car on fire and get a new one. Spider eggs nope nope nope nope
No eggs yet, taking it to the shop this week to pull the cluster out. At least it's somewhere I could see it and catch it right away. Rather than it just happening without me knowing
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Damn. That sucks. Flippen spiders in your instrument cluster.
And what is with the coffee mug looking sign on your cluster.
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Originally Posted by Savage-wp
Damn. That sucks. Flippen spiders in your instrument cluster.
And what is with the coffee mug looking sign on your cluster.
The spider found its way out thankfully, but now I'm left with the web till I I get the chance to open it up.
The coffee cup if the symbol for the lane tracking assist, if you swerve over the white or yellow lines the steering wheel vibrates and the car beeps to keep you awake
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Great. So you're saying the spider got out alive? It's going to find you now. I'd move to another state.
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Great. So you're saying the spider got out alive? It's going to find you now. I'd move to another state.
Lol
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Originally Posted by DiMaio63
Just found out it's still alive, can't wait to see how many more webs it makes before its out.
I used a bright LED flashlight to chase my speedo spider out. It didn't have much of a web and it degraded on it's own.

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