I noticed that the origial faces are VERY bleached out from time, and all clusters are like this by now.

It would be a nice touch in my restoration if I could land some new faces in original silk-screened colors.

Ideas anyone?

 

i mainly find this with s5's. the s4 cluster doesnt seem to fade nearly as bad. you could probably buy them new from mazdatrix but i'd imagine they would be around $1000 for the set.

 

There is no npart number for these parts. I have all the factory service tools and books. Nothing in the parts book.

 

junkyard set would be your best bet

 

Nah, those would be jsut as faded...

Light fades them, not miles.

 

im sure there is a set out there what year are ya looking for

 

ebayyy

 

I"m not sure if it's what you're looking for but I've got a pretty decent gauge cluster from an S5, thing is though it's from an N/A automatic.

PM me if you're interested.

 

I dunno what you call "bleached", but I got no problems with my original cluster.
My car mostly sits outside in Hawaii sun and a couple Vegas summers...
My car is tinted, so maybe that helps?
I cannot confirm if the S5 ones are more prone to this "problem"...

The S4 ones has a MATTE finish, which can look white / silver at certain angles.
They are not dark-night-black.

Junkyard ones pop up on YJA for US$10 a pop.
Shipped to USA would end up being $50 - $70 as a high side estimate.


-Ted

 

Any vynil shop can make you a vinyl gauge face decal. Though they won't be backlit like the stock units.

I've also never seen a faded FC gauge face...

 

maybe he has a vert