Moparmat2000
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Hi Y'all,
I have a 1994 chevy silverado 350, 5 speed. I bought this truck new in 1994. It now has 160K on it. I love this truck, and now its showing some age. I want to cosmetically restore the gage cluster. I was able to buy a new instrument cluster clear glass from LMC truck, however the red markings on the gage faces are fading out, and the bright orange on the needles are faded almost to white.
On another thread here i finally found out what to do to remove the needles, and i had planned on using a fine tipped red sharpie to address the faded red on the gage faces, however has anybody had good luck repainting their gage needles? If so can you detail what you used, and how you did this?
Also living in west texas the dry heat has disintergrated the plastic for the gage surround. I ended up making little reinforcements where the screws attach and gluing it all together with JB weld, then redrilling and reinstalling the gage surround.
I purchased another complete uncracked dash from a 93 model, but i have to do a color change to make it match and swap it in. I plan on making that swap a few years from now so i'm just keeping mine glued together for now.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Matt
I have a 1994 chevy silverado 350, 5 speed. I bought this truck new in 1994. It now has 160K on it. I love this truck, and now its showing some age. I want to cosmetically restore the gage cluster. I was able to buy a new instrument cluster clear glass from LMC truck, however the red markings on the gage faces are fading out, and the bright orange on the needles are faded almost to white.
On another thread here i finally found out what to do to remove the needles, and i had planned on using a fine tipped red sharpie to address the faded red on the gage faces, however has anybody had good luck repainting their gage needles? If so can you detail what you used, and how you did this?
Also living in west texas the dry heat has disintergrated the plastic for the gage surround. I ended up making little reinforcements where the screws attach and gluing it all together with JB weld, then redrilling and reinstalling the gage surround.
I purchased another complete uncracked dash from a 93 model, but i have to do a color change to make it match and swap it in. I plan on making that swap a few years from now so i'm just keeping mine glued together for now.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Matt
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