In case any of you are wondering what my avatar is a picture of, I apologize, the small picture does not do the mod justice.
Last summer I painted the inside of my gauge housing with chrome to try and brighten the dashlights. The effect was dramatic.
Mike (Swervin) was kind enough to post it on his website - thanks Mike - where you can see the "before" and "after" better, and get a description of what I did.
http://www.73-87.com/garage/dashlights.htm
So that's that

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