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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

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Old 06-15-2018, 01:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 06-15-2018, 01:51 PM   #2 (permalink)
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You know, as much as I dislike the silver, I kinda miss it breaking up the black.
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Aside from agreeing it needs some contrast in there, it looks like an unfinished spray paint job tbh. Something about the texture.
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Let's see a picture of it after install. Interesting idea.
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Old 06-15-2018, 04:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Now do the silver gauge faces...I think that would look good imho
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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.
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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.
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Old 06-15-2018, 08:12 PM   #8 (permalink)
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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
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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.
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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.
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Looks pretty good man...I've always thought the silver looked kinda cheap lol
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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.
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Yea...looks better black imo
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Sick. are those silver pieces removable or did you mask the whole thing to paint them?
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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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