The stock gauges don't need stock-looking overlays to look stock. ;-)Originally Posted by dagenham
My newly-acquired '86 has brushed-metal overlays (SHUDDER!!!), which were applied with less care than I would have applied. I hoping to remove them without too much damage to the stock paint. If damage does occur, I will go with the white.
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Fixed.The faded stock gauges don't need stock-looking overlays to look faded stock. ;-)
In my experience, any solvent or alcohol will immediately liquify the stock gauge paint and it will start running right away. Permanent damage. I did not try any of the Goo-Be-Gone materials but you might be able to soak them in water to see if that loosens up the overlays enough to remove them.My newly-acquired '86 has brushed-metal overlays (SHUDDER!!!), which were applied with less care than I would have applied. I hoping to remove them without too much damage to the stock paint. If damage does occur, I will go with the white.
The next question is: Will the adhesive on the overlays lift the original paint?
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Indeed!
That's the BIG question. I knew that solvents would be out of the question. I won't find out for a few weeks tho, when I tackle my heater core and fog light wiring.
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The bulb holders are already orange on the SVO clusters so all the white light from the bulbs is filtered to only orange. I suspect if one changed from clear to orange bulbs, I suspect they would merely appear darker.
I am going to put white leds in so it should only make the red color brighter.
I am going to try and find some paint tonight to at least redo the needles, but since I now have a complete set of extra gauges I may try to redo the yellows and oranges on all of them
LMR has a black overlay kit, speedo isn't correct though. http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...auge-Kit-83-86
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That may be a decent alternative. It's too bad that there is not a correct speedo though.
Well, I got the gauges back in with white led bulbs and I noticed the gauges now light up in an almost clear color. I left the red diffusers in, but they dont seem to work with the led bulbs.
I dont know if using a red led would light up the gauges in red or not though.
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