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redondoaveb 06-15-2018 01:20 PM

Painted Tach/Speedo bezels
 
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I bought an extra instrument panel off eBay, disassembled it and painted the silver tach and speedo bezels black. Want some opinions before I remove mine and install the painted bezels on my panel. Ignore the silver gas/temp gauge, mine is already black.

ColtronZ 06-15-2018 01:51 PM

You know, as much as I dislike the silver, I kinda miss it breaking up the black.

CRiZO 06-15-2018 02:24 PM

Aside from agreeing it needs some contrast in there, it looks like an unfinished spray paint job tbh. Something about the texture.

GOBLUE 06-15-2018 03:23 PM

Let's see a picture of it after install. Interesting idea.

*J*ap***V*et* 06-15-2018 04:15 PM

Now do the silver gauge faces...I think that would look good imho

redondoaveb 06-15-2018 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CRiZO (Post 3764790)
Aside from agreeing it needs some contrast in there, it looks like an unfinished spray paint job tbh. Something about the texture.

Yeah, they weren't finished. I just wanted to test fit them to see if it's something I liked and wanted to finish. I'm wet sanding the orange peel and applying one more coat of base and then spraying them with a satin clear.

redondoaveb 06-15-2018 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by *J*ap***V*et* (Post 3764815)
Now do the silver gauge faces...I think that would look good imho

My gas/temp gauge faces are already black from the factory if that's what you're talking sbout.

*J*ap***V*et* 06-15-2018 08:12 PM

No...I mean as a nice contrast to all the black i'd want a lighter colored gauge face(s. I just ordered these white face overlays for mine and I hope they'll look sharp when installed

redondoaveb 06-15-2018 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by *J*ap***V*et* (Post 3764871)
No...I mean as a nice contrast to all the black i'd want a lighter colored gauge face(s. I just ordered these white face overlays for mine and I hope they'll look sharp when installed

Oh, I see what you're saying now. I'll see what they look like blacked out and go from there. What I'd really like to get are the black steering wheel controls.

I was going to get the overlays for my eclipse but I ended up finding a set of white face gauges. I love the look.

redondoaveb 06-17-2018 03:53 PM

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I re-did the bezels. I sanded all the crappy epoxy paint off and repainted with a good flat black and a couple coats of matte clear. They came out a lot better.

*J*ap***V*et* 06-17-2018 06:16 PM

Looks pretty good man...I've always thought the silver looked kinda cheap lol

redondoaveb 06-17-2018 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by *J*ap***V*et* (Post 3765173)
Looks pretty good man...I've always thought the silver looked kinda cheap lol

I feel the same about the silver. I notice that the Nismo's are black, at least the newer ones.

*J*ap***V*et* 06-17-2018 06:57 PM

Yea...looks better black imo

qtrskills 06-18-2018 02:38 PM

Sick. are those silver pieces removable or did you mask the whole thing to paint them?

redondoaveb 06-18-2018 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by qtrskills (Post 3765365)
Sick. are those silver pieces removable or did you mask the whole thing to paint them?

They're removable. You just have to disassemble the trim from the gauges, super easy. Just some screws.


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