I am planning on removing my instrument panel because of a lack of power to my climate control and window switches. I just wanted to clear up a few things before I began.

1. Is the red light bulb looking fuse that I've heard described in other posts a fuse that is readily available in auto parts stores, or is it a dealer item? I can't seem to find it in fastlane, and would like to be able to do this in one day (dealer is quite far from my residence).

2. How do you get the glass (or plastic) off the front to access the gauges themselves?

3. How much is the tool to remove the instrument panel needles? Is there a trick to it? (I wanted to put new, white backgrounds behind them and piant them as well).

4. Anyone have any bad experiences with the blue eurolite LED's available at **************.com? It says they won't melt anything, but I am always a bit paranoid from reading various nightmare stories on this forum.

As always, any and all responses are greatly appreciated.

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