Hey everyone,

I'm thinking out doing the clock surrounds in chrome, they look pretty dull black on black.



How did you guys remove the black surround off the the clear plastic, each looks like its attached in the corners so I was thinking of taking a small drill bit to them and carefully removing them

Did anyone else do it another way?

 

You can just buy a new OEM replacement (both the gauge accents and plastic) for about 60 dollars from Malloy Mazda. I went that route last year, the chrome finish looks excellent brand new.

edit: I just noticed you live in Wales so shipping costs would be inflated, but its worth a shot.

 

Thanks, trouble is $60 in the US = $150 over here

 

DS2000,

Actually, the US version was chromed. I believe those pieces are glued on there. You can break them off and then glue them back into place after you have the rings chromed I suppose.

 

BTW, here my old cover:

http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...h/MVC-003F.JPG

 

Thats what I was thinking tbh, I was just checking to see if any has already done this

 

Wouldn't $60 be about 35 Pounds (give or take a few)? Maybe you can buy it and have it shipped to someone's house in the States and then have them ship it to you.

 

Could be worth a try, I was saying that as a price direct from Mazda UK, over here we get ripped off for literally everything

Fuel is the worse, its $7 / gallon

 

The surrounds are heat welded to small studs on the clear lens, they are fairly easy to pry loose. I used a utility knife to pry them off - I repainted mine Aluminum to match the Autometer guages I installed. I reattached them with some super glue.