04-23-2006, 09:28 PM | #1 |
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New Dash Bezel
Went to the Portland swap meet a couple of weeks ago and picked up a new bezel for my dash. Got it for $25US but only comes in black or chrome. I bought the chrome and this weekend i painted it to match. It should really clean it up.
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04-23-2006, 09:34 PM | #2 |
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Re: New Dash Bezel
Looks good in there, everything matches nicely!
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04-23-2006, 09:52 PM | #3 |
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Re: New Dash Bezel
Sorry, thats the old one and the chrome is all worn off around the edges. I hope to get the new one in this week.
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04-23-2006, 11:37 PM | #4 |
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Got her all swaped over and cleaned. Man what a difference.
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04-24-2006, 09:02 AM | #5 |
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Re: New Dash Bezel
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04-24-2006, 10:06 AM | #6 |
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Re: New Dash Bezel
Looks great Kel.....
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04-24-2006, 08:46 PM | #7 |
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All done. Took some polish to the lens to buff out the fine scraches. Put new bulbs in(168) but I think i might look into LEDs to brighten it up
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04-24-2006, 09:18 PM | #8 |
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Re: New Dash Bezel
I was down there too and bought one of those bezels,couldn't pass up that price. I also bought a few other things from the Truck Stop Booth. That was a good swap meet, picked up a few good used parts, too. Too bad the weather wasn't so great though.All in all it was enjoyable.
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04-24-2006, 09:37 PM | #9 |
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Re: New Dash Bezel
Wow, that is nice! What color do you call that? How did you prep the bezel? I was going to paint mine black, but think that maybe now I'll go with the body color as nice as that looks. Thanks for sharing the pics. Jeff.
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04-24-2006, 09:44 PM | #10 |
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Totally agree, that looks nice, Darn I shouldn't have missed the swap meet, I know that I will have to be there next year
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04-24-2006, 09:52 PM | #11 |
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I think there are $30 in the catalog from Car and Truck shop. All i did was clean the rough chrome with brake clean and mask off all the chrome. That was the worst, getting that little chrome ring around all the gauges. Then it slightly lifted after I had painted it, so with a little thinner on a clean rag, go back and wipe off all the over spray. Cursing as i did it, but well worth the finished product.. Any one know what the best LED to use to make it "glow" a little better. E-bay is ok but they want a fortune for shipping.
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04-24-2006, 10:24 PM | #12 |
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That does look really good. Nice job.
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04-24-2006, 10:27 PM | #13 |
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Looks good!
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Looks great can we get some better pics of that tach set-up though..
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04-24-2006, 10:36 PM | #15 |
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Re: New Dash Bezel
Looks good!!! One of the best and cheapest mods that can be done. $25-30 buck bezel $50-60 dash pad can make a interior.
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04-24-2006, 11:31 PM | #16 |
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Here Frenchblue, PO put it in there.. old Smith tach, I really liked it so it stays till i get a new dash pad, and theres no crackes so that could be a while. Gives it that old school look for sure.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SUPER...QQcmdZViewItem I ordered a set of these. Still have not got them yet, but will let ya know how they turn out. What i liked about these is the fact that they were dimable with the factory switch. Most LED's don't dim, they are usually either off or on.
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