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11-18-2016, 01:36 PM
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Location: East Tn (In the heart of the Smoky Mtns)
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Dash panel refresh
I finally took the time to tear my dash apart again.
I bought a new bezel, polished the glass, replaced all the bulbs, and repainted the faded needles. While I was at it, I took out the original dash pad and put in my new one ( that I've had in the garage for about six years. I think it all turned out pretty good. Here's the before pic |
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11-18-2016, 01:37 PM
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Re: Dash panel refresh
Here's the after, but poor lighting
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11-18-2016, 01:41 PM
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Re: Dash panel refresh
Here it is in the truck.
All the needles are the same shade, but the sunlight just makes them look different |
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11-18-2016, 03:15 PM
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Re: Dash panel refresh
Looks Great! Nice job.
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11-18-2016, 03:22 PM
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Re: Dash panel refresh
That looks great. I enjoyed doing mine too.
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11-18-2016, 03:37 PM
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Re: Dash panel refresh
Looks great. Is that a urethane dash pad or original? Also what paint did you use for your gauge needles? The only thing holding be back on doing my gauges is wondering which paint to buy for the needles.
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11-18-2016, 05:51 PM
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Re: Dash panel refresh
I went to hobby lobby and picked up some redish orange color paint used for models. I bought a small spay can and then used paper to shield the black portion of the guages and sprayed the needles. When finished it looked great. I can check tonight and see exactly what color I used. I did the spray, because I didn't want to put any pressure on the needles, even that of a paint brush
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11-18-2016, 05:54 PM
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Re: Dash panel refresh
Great stuff! I also sprayed my needles. One thing I discovered is that I was using an airbrush and, because you thin the paint so much for it, it keeps the "profile and texture" of the original needle that way.
They look REALLY red in this picture for some reason, but they're not in real life. The tach needle actually comes apart - I didn't paint mine, I color matched to a new one and so didn't paint the tach needle, but disassembling it is far easier than trying to mask it with that black ring.
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11-18-2016, 06:46 PM
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Re: Dash panel refresh
I used Testors model paint. It fluoresent orange.
Now the only thing I have left is getting my tach ti read the right rpm again. It was spot on before disassembly but now it shows about 500 rpm too low at idle. I ant remember when I put it in, but is there an adjustment on the back of the stock tachs? |
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