painting gauge bezel?
painting gauge bezel?
has anyone painted their gauge bezel? how'd it turn out? any pics? i'm guessing you just use the same painting process you would w/ painting any other interior piece? i guess you had to carefully tape off the little glowing turn signal arrows? any thoughts?........
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Re: painting gauge bezel?
Yes the same painting process. No you don't need to tape off the turn signals they just pop out of the bezel. I painted my dash parts with silver. Looks awesome.
I like it better than the white guages on the black bezel. I'm at work right now so I can't post a pic, but as soon as I get a chance I will post some.
Hope this helps.
I like it better than the white guages on the black bezel. I'm at work right now so I can't post a pic, but as soon as I get a chance I will post some.
Hope this helps.
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dang man, u're still at work after 3 days? isn't that against some kind of labor law or something? i'll give you the number of my lawyer...
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Technically yeah I'm still at work ![:confused:](//cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f615.svg)
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Here you go!!! These are pictures of my painted dash. Only cost was spray paint.
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wow looks great... i'm gonna paint my bezel white... i was thinkin if it didn't look good on your car i'd go for the CF one, ha, but thanks for bein the one that did it first!
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Thanx for the comment & good luck on your dash.
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WOW, i really like that silver!
I found this stuff at a local shop that has bits of silver metal in it, and its pretty reflective.... I was going to paint my dash with that, but now that i see your dash, i think i wanna go the same route you did...
What paint is that?
Did you sand at all?
How many coats/clear coats did you use?
That shiz looks smoooooth like glass
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I found this stuff at a local shop that has bits of silver metal in it, and its pretty reflective.... I was going to paint my dash with that, but now that i see your dash, i think i wanna go the same route you did...
What paint is that?
Did you sand at all?
How many coats/clear coats did you use?
That shiz looks smoooooth like glass
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Props to Teal; nice paint job, man. ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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Re: painting gauge bezel?
The paint I bought at my local hardware store it is a metallic silver. I used no primer or clear coat. All I did was wear plastic gloves & cleaned my parts with rubbing alcohol & a sponge. If you have an air compressor blow them off it helps. Do not touch the part with your bare hands you will have trouble with the paint.
I just cleaned the parts let them dry then just sprayed them with silver in many light coats. Don't hurry or it will look like crap. I had the quick dry paint so I could do a coat every 15 minutes.
Taking apart the speedometer & dash is a very easy task. I think anyone could do it.
If you would like a small removal & install sheet I could type one up.
If you have anymore questions e-mail me at yttaf1@hotmail.com
Good Luck
I just cleaned the parts let them dry then just sprayed them with silver in many light coats. Don't hurry or it will look like crap. I had the quick dry paint so I could do a coat every 15 minutes.
Taking apart the speedometer & dash is a very easy task. I think anyone could do it.
If you would like a small removal & install sheet I could type one up.
If you have anymore questions e-mail me at yttaf1@hotmail.com
Good Luck
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pearl-japspec... u have 319,xxx miles on your car????!!!!!
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ive got c/f one and i love it, just sticks onto stock one, looks neat
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