Hey guys;

I'm currently looking at a couple items on evil bay and was wondering what the going rate is for these two items...Thanks, Peter

SS Gauge Bezel (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=40017&item=2418641172)
SS Dash Insert (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=40017&item=2418642209)

Already too much...I realize those are new, but I'd keep watching Ebay. I bought an entire set (radio bezel, gauge bezel, and dash bezel) used but in good shape for $28.00+shipping. All some of these Ebay sellers are doing now is buying from places like OPGI and then upping the price to make a few bucks off of guys like you and I. :mad: But then again, I've over paid on something I really wanted bad, (SuperSport dash emblem $41.00 to replace the Conquista) just to make sure I got it. OPGI shows the dash bezel at $89.95 and the radio bezel at $36.95...I couldn't find the gauge bezel in their catalog. Turns out I wound up using the original wood grain style anyway and gave the stuff I bought to my son for his Elky. I like the way in turned out looking with the Super Sport emblem. Then I had to search for a matching (blue)radio bezel for the newer style radio...hard item to find, but when I did, I got it for $17.00(like new), no one else bid on it, they all want the style/color your looking for. I installed a Delco radio/cassette with a 5 band graphic equalizer out of a 95 Trans Am (like new $49.00 off ebay). My dash appears like a stock SS Elky dash, but it was never actually available from GM like it appears. Next...the search for a blue four spoked SS Elky steering wheel with the SS emblem in the center. Use your imagination and keep hunting. Good luck.

Hey Mike;

I've been told all three pieces have been discontinued by GM. I've already got a NOS radio bezel and I heard the the a NOS gauge bezel is nearly impossible to find? Any truth to that?

It's more than likely GM quit making them. OPGI lists theirs as original. I haven't seen any for sale that are anything but original. I have seen plenty on Ebay though...mint to junk condition. Like I say thats where I got mine.

All some of these Ebay sellers are doing now is buying from places like OPGI and then upping the price to make a few bucks off of guys like you and I.

Lot's of them are buying parts from their local GM dealers, marking them up 100%, and putting them on ebay. Many of the Monte Carlo SS and El Camino parts being sold on ebay are still available from GM. People who aren't aware that anybody can walk into a GM parts department and order them are paying the outragous prices (no offense no anyone here who may fit that description). And if you buy from your local GM dealer you don't pay any shipping charges!

I'll find the GM part numbers for those parts tonight Peter. I'll bet they're still available.

:mrgreen:

Thanks, Ernie!

The MCSS Dash Insert is 14086218 and it's still available.
86-87 G - W/A.C. (C60) W/SPORT PKG (Z65)

Sorry Peter, I found all of the instrument bezels except the MCSS (Z65) bezel. I can't find a part number for the black unpainted MCSS bezel.

1986
14086198 - BLUE
14093724 - DK SAGE
14093725 - DK SADDLE
14093726 - DK CLARET
14093727 - DK GRAY

1987
25530660 - BLUE
25530661 - DK SAGE
25530662 - DK SADDLE
25530663 - DK CLARET
25530664 - DK GRAY

None of the bezels came up as available on a search of:
http://www.partszoneonline.com
http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/

:mrgreen:

Soooo...I sent an e-mail to the seller:

> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 6:15 PM
> Subject: Question for seller -- Item #2418641172
> What is the GM part number on the box? Thanks in advance for your
> reply.

To which he replied:
Both instrument bezels I have auctions for are the same GM PN: 14086209 GR.9.743 The difference between the two is that one has the red pin stripe and the other doesn't.

BTW, in looking close at the bezel I don't think it's for a MCSS. It doesn't have the slot for the rear window defroster switch (which you don't need for your Elky) nor does it have the hole for the RS window remote adjuster.

:mrgreen: