GTS Dash Id needed

[Absinth]

Now I need to decide whether to stick it in the van or not. The one in there is genuine with the pins in the RTS badge but I have had to add a black facia plate around the radio as the wholes have been flooged out a bit. But I like the gloss black finish on my one better than the more mat finish on this later type. Decisions, decisions.

After going through all the GTS fascia's I got and half of them being HZ ones I noticed some are a matt finish and some are a gloss black finish ..... so.... I did some digging and found out a few things.

The HZ Sandman ordering procedure lists the GTS dash as being a black chrome finish..... So..... HZ GTS and Sandman got the gloss looking fascia and the optioned sports fascia in Holden and Kingswood was the matt finish.

The dash fascias are all painted suede black with GTS and Sandman fascias being polished on the flat sections to give a black chrome finish to them. Kind of like Portland Grey on Monaro and Sandman in the HX range.


Jason, I have seen another GTS fascia with the pinned on RTS badge and it has the HZ style smaller printed idiot light lenses so it appears HX fascias weren't used up in early HZ.... pinned badges were used until the fascia mould was modified or a new one made.

[stickthis]

hmm all above would make sence.

The NOS facia I have is dull on the surfaces around the gauges.

The original one in my HZ Sandman ute has gloss around the gauges etc....

[HZSandman]

that also explains why my original was gloss black and the one I bought was a duller matt finish.

good digging.