Got my 914 gauges! I did a little mod to them...

[hybrid_john]

Not bad man....not bad at all!

you did a pretty good job of explaining the prosess you took...

KUDOS!


John

[super vw]

Hey thanks!

If I was to do an article it would be layed out way cleaner and a bit more indepth.
Maybe even include things on disasembly, cleaning and painting the bezels?

Later
Jonathan

[CPRcubed]

Just thought I'd post mine. I modified my 914 Tach to use the Alt/Gen Light and Oil Pressure Light out of one of the other 914 gauges (since it is now front and center). Looks pretty good, I think (although they could be a bit brighter). Cheers!

[super vw]

Originally Posted by CPRcubed

Just thought I'd post mine. I modified my 914 Tach to use the Alt/Gen Light and Oil Pressure Light out of one of the other 914 gauges (since it is now front and center). Looks pretty good, I think (although they could be a bit brighter). Cheers!

Hey, looks good! very clean looking! i like that 4 gauge setup you have going. wont work on a 1303 though :P but for standard dashs thats what i would do.

[super vw]

Hehehe... Ok so i was hangin out at my dads work (porsche, vw dealer) and they had a 911 turbo or somthing (new one) in the shop, anyways it had silver/ aluminum interior accents all over including silver gauge bezels... They looked super cool with a black interior! so i picked up some silver paint, painted them up, i already repaineted them black... but tryed silver and must say it looks great! and it should look even better next to a carbon fiber dash !
Although i will have to paint the VDO oil temp/ press and volt gauges im getting silver to or maybe opt for some AutoMeter silver gauges.

What do you guys think?

-Jonathan

[justdubbin]

Nice...

You have got the silver spot on, not to bright not to dull, it looks real cool :agree:


Rob.

[NO_H2O]

That looks great with the silver dots in the gauge centers. :agree:

[super vw]

Yeah the aluminum dots fit perfectly in with silver bezels for sure!
i tryed a few silvers to get one i liked, this one was the best, only problem is its not very durable, so im going to have to clear coat it (as per directions recomend) its a platicoat brand paint.

[67yellowbug]

hi, Great job on the gauges. I have a stock vw speedo and the letters and numbers are getting somewhat faded. How did you paint yours without screwing up? also what kind of paint did you use. How difficult is the job? Thanks for your help

CJ

[super vw]

Originally Posted by 67yellowbug

hi, Great job on the gauges. I have a stock vw speedo and the letters and numbers are getting somewhat faded. How did you paint yours without screwing up? also what kind of paint did you use. How difficult is the job? Thanks for your help

CJ

Thanks!

If the numbers are faded, than im not sure on going about that. The only thing i can think of is to get a new gauge (can be found cheap at swap meets) or a new face.

I did not paint the gauge faces, only the inside (behind the faces) and the rings.
But if you are not going to replace the face and just paint the rings or clean up the insides than what you have to do is get a small flat blade screwdriver, and a medium sized one to.
You have to pry the bezzels from the back till they will slip off the housing... VERY CARFULLY and gently... you MUST take your time and be very cautious not to pry to far, slip, or go to fast. it takes me almost 10-15 minuites to just get one bezzel off. you pry a little at a time as evenly as posible.

For you it sounds that it might be easier to just get a new gauge.

Jonathan

[oasis]

Originally Posted by super vw

... and it should look even better next to a carbon fiber dash ! ...What do you guys think?

Fantastic, very clean look. :agree: :agree: