[68 TT]

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

Has anyone tried making the whole back part to the cluster out of aluminum. I think it would be cool to do because it would solve any broken mounting tab problems, you could make it to hold regular oil/temp/volt gauges and you could polish the inside to make the light extra bright for the stock speedo/tack or gas gauges. Just something ive been thinking about for a while for my truck, what do yall think?

I thought about replacing the broken mounting ears with aluminum brackets and nylon rod for the face panel attachment pins that get cracked & broken.

You could just spray the inside of the housing with aluminum model airplane paint. Not the fake chrome but the stuff that they spray on then can polish like aluminum. I have seen what just painting the inside gloss white does and it makes a huge difference. I don't know if making the whole thing out of aluminum is worth it for that alone. Unless you get a mirror finish from the aluminum I think the gloss white would reflect better and it won't oxidize and get dull like aluminum will.

You would have grounding problems with the circuit board too. Everything would have to be individually wired and all the terminals protected from the housing so nothing grounded out.