Score, complete instrument cluster, $20
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Score, complete instrument cluster, $20
Got all gauges for $20. Tested and they all work. (these are @ $230 each)
Any recommendations for re-painting the orange needles? Special paint?
will the "weight" of the paint effect needle movement?
Any recommendations for re-painting the orange needles? Special paint?
will the "weight" of the paint effect needle movement?
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Nice score! Some people use fluorescent orange paint pens. Or you could use spray paint(lightly). Or maybe model paint. I would believe the weight would be negligible. After all, they are painted from the factory.
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Check out the one this guy did it might help.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...the-build.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...the-build.html
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Was gonna say, "what happened to the Tach"
Ordered the orange yesterday.
I found another Dash cluster from a 82 Bronco, just showed up at a local Boneyard.
Wondering if I should get those gauges too....Just cause.
Reason I had to stop and see it is I am on the hunt for a complete tan interior, Mine is red and every truck I've called on in the area has been Red too! The Bronco broke the roll here, its Blue. Want Tan or Grey. Just have doubts of painting red plastic panels Tan....an seeing what they look like in a year.....
Ordered the orange yesterday.
I found another Dash cluster from a 82 Bronco, just showed up at a local Boneyard.
Wondering if I should get those gauges too....Just cause.
Reason I had to stop and see it is I am on the hunt for a complete tan interior, Mine is red and every truck I've called on in the area has been Red too! The Bronco broke the roll here, its Blue. Want Tan or Grey. Just have doubts of painting red plastic panels Tan....an seeing what they look like in a year.....
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If you use quality paint (such as SEM) and apply it properly, there is nothing to worry about.
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30 years of ArmorAll is a bitch to scrub out of the plastic , even with a TSP bath and PrepSol.
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IIRC he said it was not a good match for saddle tan. (at least not his other parts that had faded)
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