I was working on diagnosing a problem with my tach so I had my gauge pod out of my car. I fixed the tach problem and wanted to clean up the gauges. I thought I would use some mother’s mag and alum. polish on the chrome surrounds/bezel around the gauge face. Didn't work, lol, the chemical turned black like it should, then never turned back to shiny! I ended up with a spot of gloss black chrome.... That’s what it looks like to me at least. Well, there was no way to fix the black and I thought it looked kind of original so I did them all! Here’s what it looks like.




Anyways whats your opinion?

P.S. I think I realized that it was just a chrome painted plastic piece.... Thats what I'm assuming right now at least....

 

lol, yes I realize I mutilated the word accident.

 

Thats because it isnt chrome....it is plastic with a spray coating that is shiny on it.

 

It's not real chrome my friend lol. But rest assured, you can buy the plexiglass cover w/ the chrome rings new

 

I like it black

 

How much do they cost and where can ya order one?

 

IIRC, they are around $80.00 from Ray at Malloy.

 

You can also buy spray chrome in a can, sand down the rings and spray it on.

 

don't they sell those small bottles of chrome paint for models? The Testor paints? Trying to spray that might be a nightmare.

 

At least you were able to turn an oops into a positive thing.. Looks good man.

 

You would think that a car that was what around $40,000 new would come with real chrome Oh well, I'll keep it black, with it all together gives the car a more VIP look = )

 

I bet ya they found that the chrome rings added too much weight (you're talkin about engineers who drilled out the pedal assembly to save a few OUNCES

 

lol you have me there. I wonder what the weight savings was for plastic painted chrome instead of chrome. Must be a couple pounds at least!!!

Not to mention how much it would have screwed up the weight distribution.

But i guess they have to cut back somewhere....