Freshened up the cluster a wee bit
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Freshened up the cluster a wee bit
I pulled my Instrument Cluster today to clean and possibility change out the faded plexiglass. After pulling it apart I found the gauge needles where faded pretty bad. So I touched them up with some fluorescent orange nail polish from my collection.
fuel before
Speedo before
Fuel After
Speedo After
Temp and Oil Before
Temp and oil after
Cluster without the bezel Before
After in bezel
fuel before
Speedo before
Fuel After
Speedo After
Temp and Oil Before
Temp and oil after
Cluster without the bezel Before
After in bezel
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For those interested the nail polish is only sold this time of year at the drug stores, its called Pumpkin nail Enamel. the bottle has a pumpkin face on it. Also you will need some matte finish topcoat. clean the needles with alcohol before applying the polish. use three coats and allow to dry 5 min between coats. I used a glow in the dark topcoat as well.
where would I find the lens?
where would I find the lens?
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Thanks for the heads up on the nail polish incase someone wanted to do this when it isn't in season. Question how does the glow in the dark topcoat do is it very noticeable? Also there's multiple vendors that sell the lens. Dennis carpenter, LMC, flashback f100, just to name a few. If you have other parts you want to get might be best to get a list together and order all at once there's probably some discount sales coming up around the seasons so if you don't need it right away you could save some money if you wait until a sale starts.
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Yup you got it I was wondering about the actual glow at night. I'll have to tell the old lady about this as she will probably know exactly what paints your talking about.
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The glow in the dark works ok it's mainly for when I'm in the field with the lights off to stargaze or to catch the critters in my garden. But I'm planning on adding a black light strip in the dash instead of the lights. I have extremely light sensitive eyes. So black lighting makes it softer on my eyes.
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Hang on a second there Char. The needles look Great but that cluster bezel looks like heck. In your other thread you mentioned Veterans Benefits not being very much money. Well I'll tell ya what, I have a new reproduction bezel I bought a couple years ago and never used. PM me your address and I'll send it to you free. Thank You for whatever Service you did.