[markeb01]

Back when I had money I was leaning toward a Flaming River stainless column. Nice part about stainless is if it gets scratched, like aluminum it can be polished all the way thru to the other side if needed, but never needs any polishing if it doesn't get damaged.

What deterred me was having previously mounted a chrome vacuum gauge cup on the steering column. It was fine at night, but during the daytime I had to put the stretchy part of a sock over it, or I couldn't see out the windshield. It truly was a heads-up display - a nice picture of the full power of the sun. It was worst about noon when the sun was almost directly overhead. I thought I must be nuts, since my last car was a 46 Ford sedan, and almost everything on the dash was chromed, and it never bothered me a bit. What I hadn't thought about, was that in a 46 Ford sedan the back window is about 8 feet away. In the truck, everything coming in the back window lights up anything reflective on the dash, and when coming down from above, anything shiny on the steering column.

I also found the same problem with curved glass gauges. With a flat glass gauge, you can move around a little and avoid the rear window glare. With a curved glass gauge, there's no getting away from it. If the sun is coming in the back window there will be a small piercing spot on the curved glass that is blinding and moves everywhere you do.