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71gmcC15

09-16-2020 10:29 AM

Guage cluster restoration

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Got some tester florescent orange and some paint brushes from hobby lobby for $4 and repainted the needles and did a light polish on the lens. I think it turned out pretty good.

90OBS

09-16-2020 10:38 AM

Re: Guage cluster restoration

Looks pretty good...Nice job

Palf70Step

09-16-2020 11:18 AM

Re: Guage cluster restoration

:agree: You did good!

Jeepwm69

09-16-2020 12:06 PM

Re: Guage cluster restoration

Looks good. The needles on our 95 are bleached to a yellowish tint. I thought about trying to repaint them like this.

I tried to paint the needles on the 83 on the gas and speedo, and they were both so brittle they broke off when I touched them with the tiny brush.

71gmcC15

09-16-2020 01:04 PM

Re: Guage cluster restoration

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Originally Posted by Jeepwm69 (Post 8808968)

I've yet to see a cluster that is not faded to yellow or even clear. When I first did it. it looked off to me because I'm so used to the yellow. I did this same thing to my 71 gmc and it turned out good.

71gmcC15

09-16-2020 01:05 PM

Re: Guage cluster restoration

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Originally Posted by 90OBS (Post 8808910)

Looks pretty good...Nice job

Thanks your name almost looks like....

71gmcC15

09-16-2020 01:06 PM

Re: Guage cluster restoration

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Originally Posted by Palf70Step (Post 8808935)

:agree: You did good!

Thank you aswell.

diveplane

09-22-2020 08:20 PM

Re: Guage cluster restoration

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Originally Posted by 71gmcC15 (Post 8808898)

Got some tester florescent orange and some paint brushes from hobby lobby for $4 and repainted the needles and did a light polish on the lens. I think it turned out pretty good.

great job i did mine but i added led bulbs in my v6 cluster, still to do on my v8.

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