Still on crutches, looking forward to working on the car again. Here's another video. This part of the 4 month instrument panel restoration focuses on 3 aesthetic additions. 1. I added a plastic half round at the waist line for a cleaner look and to cover the back to back coping. The half round, gauge circles and centers were painted one of my body colors Dodge Metallic Gray, then cleared. 2. After finding some doner hemispheres ( round plastic spoons) I made the gauge centers convex. This included developing a system to polish the old clear lenses. Mind numbing. To reattach the centers to the lenses I drilled holes and used micro machine screws. I found that lubing the screws was mandatory or the old plastic would crack. The second color used was black and the 3rd color is the color of my 05 Ram, I think it's called Bright Metallic Silver. Touches of the metallic gray are also on the knob faces and lettering boxes. Then the entire unit was clear coated with 2 part automotive urethane. Wish I had taken better pics back then.
