I'm contemplating improving the slightly sun damaged gauge faces. I'm leary of using a flat clear for fear it will yellow. This list applies to wether you pry or cut your gauges open. Fortunately my Tach was the only one requiring aggressive disassembly.
1.) Clean and color Black outside shell with black liquid shoe Polish (just for this under tips and tricks)
2.) Anti fog on inside of glass (???? anybody tried this, the glass lenses clean up very nice but would like to keep it that way)
3.) Oil Tach (read about this here at GS resources)
4.) Oil Speedo (same at tach)
5.) Clean face with Qtip (used just water so far)
6.) Repaint underside of needle (I have some transparent paint to do some sprucing up of the needles)
7.) Flat Clear paint face (any ideas here, I dont a clear coat to yellow)
8.) Paint rim with Por-15 Flat Black
9.) Tighten faceplate screws (dont want to forget this while it is out)
10.) Dab of flat paint on face plate screws
11.) Replace bulbs as required
12.) Replace Shift indicator LED lighting (more on this later once it is done)
This is my working list. I might try a tune up on a spare set of gauges for any paint/coatings. Any other ideas?
My outer housing has plastic covers over the idiot light clusters. I'm wondering if this can be polished or if again some clear coat might do well to clear up the optics of the plastic.
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