How I Fixed My Bezel

[LSUMurse]

I am sure there are many of you that could do a better job than I have done, but I am pretty pleased with the results, so far. This also will not appeal to the purists, but may to the people like me that are just wanting a nice daily driver.

So, the gauge cluster I bought had a piece missing out of the left side top corner.

I decided rather than spending $50 on a repop bezel, I would try my hand at repairing it.

I bought some Loctite General Purpose Repair Putty. It is a tube of malleable putty that you squeeze together until a uniform color and then you have 5 minutes to form it into whatever it is you want.

First I sanded and cleaned the area I wanted to put the putty. Then I drilled a few holes to give the putty a little extra grab. When I applied it onto the corner area, I made sure to build it up a little higher than I would need to be able to cut and sand it into the shape I wanted when dry. I also made sure to squeeze it all the way through the holes.

The pictures (Going left to right and row by row):

1. The damage
2. The holes I drilled
3 & 4. How much I built it up
5. Dried (The directions say 45 minutes, but I gave it two hours)