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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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worn out gauge glass chrome rings
the chrome rings around the stock gauges always seem to be faded pretty badly with the chrome worn off. has anyone tried to just paint the rings black? i'm wondering how it would look.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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if u polish them w/metal polish the chrome will come off and expose the black underneath, so no painting neccessary
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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oh, i wasnt aware of that. interesting.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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Yeah, didn't someone post pics of their "blackened" gauge rings here a year or two ago?
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 07:53 PM
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I think "Bill M" did a writeup on chrome rings. Try a search under his name.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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Sorry, those rings were for the din panel mount and would not work on the stock locations. You might be able to find some chrome rings that would fit over the stock location if you check ebay, etc.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 08:29 PM
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A new gauge glass with the chrome rings isn't as expensive from Ray as you would think
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A new gauge glass with the chrome rings isn't as expensive from Ray as you would think
$84.00 and change. I got one from Ray last month.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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yeah i'm aware of the cost of new gauge glass/rings. i'm just curious how it would look with the rings blackened...
off to photoshop i guess
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 04:31 AM
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Your pics are in this thread:

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...t=chrome+rings
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