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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 03:03 PM
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Here are the two mods I did this weekend, I painted my gauge bezels and I cut down my shifter and installed a MGW pistol ****. This is getting addictive, I'm going to paint the Corvette letters on the front and the back black tonight.



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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 03:29 PM
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Congrats, looks great! Once you get the fever, it never stops!
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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I need to stop taking pictures at night, my camera won't focus like it should. Sorry for the blurry pics.
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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That looks great! How does the paint look at night when guage lights is on?
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 04:20 PM
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Nice Work

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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 04:51 PM
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The paint looks great at night, the same bluish purple glow that you see on the aluminum bezels. I'm really pleased with it and it was a whole lot cheaper than the bezel kit.
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 04:55 PM
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Love the bezels!!!

How long did it take start to finish? Do you happen to have the link for the DIY instructions? Thanks
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 04:58 PM
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It took about an hour and thirty minutes for the bezels and the link is

http://www.fixedroofcoupe.com/howtod...uages&pages=18
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Bezels look awesome...great job!

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What kind of paint did you use?
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 05:04 PM
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I used a Krylon silver leafing pen, I got mine at Hobby Lobby because Wal-Mart was sold out.
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Great mods!
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Originally Posted by carguy0625
The paint looks great at night, the same bluish purple glow that you see on the aluminum bezels. I'm really pleased with it and it was a whole lot cheaper than the bezel kit.
Looks great. I've been wanting to do that too.....

Are they chrome or silver?? I've never seen them chrome, but I want to do them chrome for mine. Anybody seen them chrome?
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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I've never seen them in chrome, that doesn't mean you can't buy the regular ones and have them chromed yourself.
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I've never seen them in chrome, that doesn't mean you can't buy the regular ones and have them chromed yourself.
Yea, but I like your idea of painting them yourself, beats the $130 to buy them.

For the price, I might just deal with the silver color. Is that a specific paint you used?
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by carguy0625
I used a Krylon silver leafing pen, I got mine at Hobby Lobby because Wal-Mart was sold out.
Sorry, just now saw this.......

So can we officially call this the "Hobby Lobby Mod"?
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WOW! I *love* the bezels!!!


The shifter on the other hand, reminds me too much of my EX!






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Great mod
I also painted my bezels. I used a Testors silver paint pen. You can pick one up at any hobby store.
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Congrats, looks great! Once you get the fever, it never stops!
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