Painted Tach/Speedo bezels
 

I bought an extra instrument panel off eBay, disassembled it and painted the silver tach and speedo bezels black. Want some opinions before I remove mine and install the painted bezels on my panel. Ignore the silver gas/temp gauge, mine is already black.

You know, as much as I dislike the silver, I kinda miss it breaking up the black.

Aside from agreeing it needs some contrast in there, it looks like an unfinished spray paint job tbh. Something about the texture.

Let's see a picture of it after install. Interesting idea.

Now do the silver gauge faces...I think that would look good imho

Yeah, they weren't finished. I just wanted to test fit them to see if it's something I liked and wanted to finish. I'm wet sanding the orange peel and applying one more coat of base and then spraying them with a satin clear.

My gas/temp gauge faces are already black from the factory if that's what you're talking sbout.

No...I mean as a nice contrast to all the black i'd want a lighter colored gauge face(s. I just ordered these white face overlays for mine and I hope they'll look sharp when installed

Oh, I see what you're saying now. I'll see what they look like blacked out and go from there. What I'd really like to get are the black steering wheel controls.

I was going to get the overlays for my eclipse but I ended up finding a set of white face gauges. I love the look.

I re-did the bezels. I sanded all the crappy epoxy paint off and repainted with a good flat black and a couple coats of matte clear. They came out a lot better.

Looks pretty good man...I've always thought the silver looked kinda cheap lol

I feel the same about the silver. I notice that the Nismo's are black, at least the newer ones.

Yea...looks better black imo

Sick. are those silver pieces removable or did you mask the whole thing to paint them?

They're removable. You just have to disassemble the trim from the gauges, super easy. Just some screws.

Did you remove the lenses too? I just got my white gauge faces today and I'm curious on disassembly

No, I didn't have to do that but I do have the spare one I bought and can probably take a look at it tomorrow to see if I can figure it out.

I looked at my spare tach/speedo today. After you take the bezel cover off, the complete lens cover just snaps right off. Couldn't be easier.

Is that for the tacho or speedo?

Both, it's one piece that covers both.

Finally got around to installing the bezels. I went ahead and painted the shifter surround and ring on cup holder.

Are you planning on painting the door handles as well?

Interior?

Looks good man!! Also thanks for that info!! I went to whItegauges.net and got white face overlays for my bezels.

Post pics after you get them installed. Are you going to have to remove the needles for install?

Oh yeah, I painted an extra set of bezels if you're interested in them.

Looks like they'll slide right past the needles. I will man...they have tons of colors too

That's good. I had to remove the needles on my eclipse when I modified my gauges. It's a pain in the *** to get them set right again.

$30.00 shipped for the bezels. If you decide you want them I'll take pics for you to look at first, before buying.

yes

I thought you meant interior but just wanted to make sure. :icon17: Hadn't thought about it but I might buy an extra set off ebay and go ahead and do them. Thanks for the idea. :tiphat:

My eclipse was the same way lol...I did a carbon bezel and indigo gauges...my needles needed readjusted bad lol